Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Chinzvimbo ichi chakadzorerwa pasi paKim Jong-un muna Kubvumbi 2018 apo Ri Sol-ju, uyo akaroora muna 2009, akakwidziridzwa kuva "Akaremekedzwa Mukadzi Wekutanga". Shoko racho rakanga risati rashandiswa kubvira muna 1974, apo rakatsanangura Kim Song-ae. Ri akambonzi "shamwari" nehurumende; kukwidziridzwa uku kwakaitika pamberi pekugadzwa kwemutungamiri wenyika.
April 2018 musangano we inter-Korean umo Ri uye mukadzi wekutanga weSouth Korea, Kim Jung-sook, vakapinda.