Ri Kyong Suk was born to an engineer father and a train driver mother as the eldest of three siblings on 1 January 1970, in the Pyongchon District of Pyongyang.

She is currently living in the Moranbong District of Pyongyang with her husband Kim Yong Il, a member of the Ministry of Culture and bass guitar player in the Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble.

[5] Since then, Ri has been working at the Kim Won Gyun University of Music in Pyongyang as a professor, teaching since 2016.

[2] In 2020, she was spotted in a North Korean news broadcast as being part of a propaganda squad, encouraging workers at construction sites.

[6] On January 26, 2025, she attended composer Hwang Jin Yong's funeral, along with other singers of the Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble.