| IN | Hyeonseo | Lee | Protagonist. Aka: Kim Ji Hae, Park Min Young, Chae Mi-Ran, Jang Soon-Hyang, Chae In-Hee, Park Sun-Ja. |
| PR | Min-Ho | | Min Young's brother. |
| | | | Part 1 |
| 2 | Money | | Min Young's uncle. Executive at a successful trading company. |
| | Poor | | Min Young's uncle. Talented artist. |
| | Cinema | | Min Young's uncle. Man who ran a movie theater. |
| | Opium | | Min Young's uncle. Drug dealer. |
| | Old | | Min Young's aunt. |
| | Tall | | Min Young's youngest aunt. |
| | Pretty | | The most beautiful of Min Young's aunts. |
| 3 | Jong-Il | Kim | Kim Il-Sung's son. |
| | Jong-Suk | Kim | Heroine of the anti-Japanese who died young. Il-Sung's wife. |
| 4 | Il-Sung | Kim | North Korean leader. |
| | Jin-Sung | Jan | Korean poet. |
| 5 | Kyeong-Sul | Baek | A woman who was accused of stealing. |
| 7 | Mr. | Ahn | Min Young's mother's chief partner trader. Korean-Chinese. |
| | Mr. | Chang | Min Young's mother's chief partner trader. Korean-Chinese. |
| 12 | Mrs. | Kang | Min Young's new physics teacher. |
| | | | The Bowibu - The Ministry of State Security. |
| 14 | Chun Hui | Ri | Famous news anchor. |
| 13 | Chul | Tae | Min Young's first boyfriend. Hoodlum. |
| | Sun-I | | Min Young's friend. |
| 16 | | | Kotchebi - Food snatchers in North Korea. |
| 18 | Chang-Ho | Ri | Border guard. Min Young's mother's friend. |
| | | | Part 2 |
| 20 | Jing-Gil | | Min Young's uncle. Owner of a trading company. |
| | Sang Hee | | Min Young's aunt. Pharmacist. |
| 22 | Mrs. | Jang | Member of the Korean-Chinese social circle. Sang Hee's friend. |
| | Soo | Geon | Mrs. Jang's son. Min Young's fiance. |
| 23 | Miss | Ma | Owner of the salon that offered Min Young a job. |
| 24 | Ji-Woo | | Min Young's co-waitress and new friend. |
| 25 | Soo-Jin | | The girl Min Young met at the birthday party. Waitress. |
| 26 | Inspector | Xu | The interrogator. |
| 27 | Jin-Su | Shin | Sergeant of Police. Min Young's boyfriend. |
| 30 | Yee-Un | | Min Young's Korean-Chinese acquaintance. |
| 31 | Ok-Hee | | Min Young's new North Korean friend in China. |
| 35 | Kim | | Min Young's boyfriend. |
| 36 | Shin-Suh | | North Korean woman who wants to escape North Korea. |
| | | | Part 3 |
| 38 | Sun-Mi | | Min Young's new friend. |
| 39 | Yoon-Ji | | Min Ho's girlfriend. |
| | Mr. | Park | A kind and friendly policeman. |
| 40 | Jung-Sik | Seol | The provincial secretary for Socialist Youth League. |
| | Reverend | Kim | Protestant pastor. |
| 45 | Mr. | Fang | Reverend Kim's broker. |
| | Yin | | Restaurant owner. |
| 47 | Dick | Stolp | Australian man who helped North Korean people. |
| 50 | John | | Min Ho's co-prisoner. |
| 53 | Brian | | Man from Wisconsin. Min Young's fiance. |
| | Jong-Un | Kim | Jong-Il's son. |
