Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin 2018, Ri ya ɗauki matsayin diflomasiyya. A watan Maris na shekarar 2018, ta ziyarci China tare da mijinta, inda ta gana da babban shugaban kasar Sin Xi Jinping da matarsa, Peng Liyuan. A watan Afrilu na shekarar 2018, kafin
Afrilu 2018 taron kolin Koriya ta Kudu, an daukaka taken Ri zuwa "Kwararriyar Uwargidan Shugaban Kasa" (maimakon kawai "Abokiyar"), a karo na farko tun 1974 an yi amfani da taken a Koriya ta Arewa; wanda ya gabata shine matar Kim Il-sung ta biyu, Kim Song-ae. An sanar da canjin taken a cikin wani rahoto na labarai wanda tauraruwar mai watsa shirye-shirye, Ri Chun-hee ta karanta, wanda galibi yakan yi manyan sanarwa. Ri ta halarci taron, matar farko ta shugaban Koriya ta Arewa da ta yi hakan, kuma ta sadu da Uwargidan Shugaban Koriya ta Kudu, Kim Jung-sook, a karon farko. An lura da matan biyu na farko suna kusa da juna a lokacin tarurrukan su a wannan shekarar. A watan Mayu, ta sadu da jami'an diflomasiyyar Amurka kuma ta taimaka wajen rage tashin hankali. Ta kuma taimaka wajen karbar bakuncin ziyarar babban shugaban kasar Sin Xi Jinping da matarsa Peng Liyuan a watan Yunin 2019.