Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An sake kafa matsayin a karkashin Kim Jong-un a watan Afrilun 2018 lokacin da Ri Sol-ju, wanda ya yi aure a 2009, ya zama "Mai Girma Uwargidan Shugaban Kasa". Ba a yi amfani da kalmar ba tun 1974, lokacin da ta bayyana Kim Song-ae. Ri a baya an kira shi "abokin tarayya" ta hanyar kafofin watsa labarai na jihar; an gabatar da gabatarwa kafin a fara zaben.
Afrilu 2018 taron kolin Koriya ta Kudu inda Ri da uwargidan shugaban Koriya ta Kudu, Kim Jung-sook, suka halarta.