[1] After passing the Gwageo literary exam, Min entered the officialdom as Suchan (修撰).

[3] During the Donghak Peasant Revolution, Min was sent to stop the Japanese army, under the command of Ōtori Keisuke, from entering Seoul.

[4] Form 1897 for 19 months, Min was sent to United Kingdom of Great Britain, Germany, Russia, Italy, France, and Austria-Hungary as an ambassador.

[12] He was entitled as Baron on 10 October 1910,[13] and received 25,000 Won in January 1911 for his merit of colonization.

Min was recorded as one of the Korean collaborators to the Imperial Japanese colonization in 2004 according to the presidential decree no.