Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 2018, Ri rụrụ ọrụ nnọchiteanya. N'ọnwa Machị afọ 2018, ya na di ya gara China, wee zute onye ndu China bụ Xi Jinping na nwunye ya, Peng Liyuan. N'ọnwa Eprel afọ 2018, tupu
N'ọnwa Eprel afọ 2018 na nzukọ ndị Korea, e buliri aha Ri ka ọ bụrụ "Nwanyị mbụ a na-akwanyere ùgwù" (kama ịbụ naanị "Comrade"), nke mbụ kemgbe 1974 ejirila aha ahụ na North Korea; onye na-ebu ya bụ nwunye nke abụọ Kim Il-sung, Kim Song-ae. E mere ka ọha na eze mara mgbanwe aha ahụ n'akụkọ akụkọ nke kpakpando na-agbasa ozi, Ri Chun-hee, onye na-emekarị ọkwa dị mkpa. Ri gara nzukọ ahụ, nwunye mbụ nke onye ndu North Korea ime nke ahụ, wee zute nwanyị mbụ nke South Korea, Kim Jung-sook, na nke mbụ ya. A chọpụtara na ụmụnwaanyị abụọ a na-akpachi anya n'oge nzukọ ha n'afọ ahụ. N'ọnwa Mee, ọ zutere ndị nnọchi anya US ma nyere aka belata esemokwu. O nyekwara aka na nleta nke onye ndu China bụ Xi Jinping na nwunye ya Peng Liyuan na June 2019.