[7] American journalist and author Bob Woodward referred to her as North Korea's Walter Cronkite in his 2018 book Fear: Trump in the White House.
She announced North Korea's claim to have carried out an H-bomb detonation in January 2016[9] and a missile launch in February 2016.
[13] Later, she announced the suspension of North Korean nuclear and intercontinental ballistic testing in April 2018[14] and the Singapore summit between Kim and Donald Trump in June 2018.
[17] Ri later said her new home is "like a hotel", adding her and her family "stayed up all night in tears of deep gratitude for the party's benevolence".
She often speaks in a wavering and exuberant tone when praising the nation's leaders, and conversely with visible anger when denouncing its enemies.