Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I whakahoutia te tuunga i raro i a Kim Jong-un i te Paenga-whawha o te tau 2018 i te wa i whakaarahia ai a Ri Sol-ju, i marena i te tau 2009, ki te "Whakaute Tuatahi Wahine". Kaore i whakamahia te kupu mai i te 1974, i te wa i whakaahuahia ai a Kim Song-ae. I kiia a Ri i mua ko te "hoa" e nga papaho a te kawanatanga; i puta te whakatairanga i mua o te hui a-Koreana o Paenga-whāwhā 2018.
i tae atu ai a Ri me te wahine rangatira o Korea ki te Tonga, a Kim Jung-sook.