Her birth date registration was changed to September 1991 on the suggestion of her paternal grandfather in order to send her earlier to the school system.
[2] She was born to a wealthy family based in Busan, then the owners of Ungdong Foundation and Korea Construction Company.
During her years in high school, she published eNos Gene Polymorphisms in Perinatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in The Korean Journal of Pathology as the first author, meaning she did much of the research.
Led by Yoon Suk-yeol, they were in search of evidence related to Cho's daughter's suspicious academic achievements, including a pathology paper, "eNos Gene Polymorphisms in Perinatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy".
The paper was published in an international medical research journal, listing her as the primary author even though she was only a high school student.
(University World News) On 28 August, a second candlelight protest was held at SNU, in which a total of 700 students participated.
[16] In an interview with Kim Eo-jun, Cho Min denied all allegations against her, and showed support and worry for her indicted mother.
[18] A research director in KIST was sacked for his role in falsifying documents related to Cho Min's internship.
[19] KIST announced it will launch a full investigation of all individuals honored in the memorial, and remove any names who did not meet a preset standard.