Ri Sol-ju (Korean: 리설주; born c. 1985–1989)[2][3][4] is the current First Lady of North Korea as the wife of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.

[4] She is said to be related to Ri Pyong-chol, a former general of the Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force and close advisor of Kim Jong Un.

[13][11][14][15] Reportedly, North Korean officials are "trying to erase her past as a singer and entertainer by confiscating popular bootleg CDs of her performances",[16] such as her singing the song "Sobaeksu".

[10][needs update] Ri reportedly visited South Korea in 2005[18] as a member of the North Korean cheerleading team during the Asian Athletics Championships.

[21] In November 2022, North Korean state media published photographs of Kim Jong Un holding hands with his young daughter at the site of a missile launch in Pyongyang.

South Korean intelligence officials wrongly identified her as Hyon Song-wol, a former singer for the Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble, a musical group popular in North Korea.

[5] In September 2012, Kenji Fujimoto, the former personal sushi chef of Kim Jong Il, said he met Ri on a recent trip to North Korea.

The change in title was made public in a news report read by star anchorwoman, Ri Chun-hee, who often makes major announcements.

[6] Ri attended the summit, the first wife of a North Korean leader to do so, and met the First Lady of South Korea, Kim Jung-sook, for the first time.

[44] She also helped host the visit of China's paramount leader Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan in June 2019.