[2] She was a standing committee member of the 10th Supreme People's Assembly.

[4][2] In 2000, she led a delegation of defectors to the South on an officially sanctioned reunion with family they left behind.

[5][2] Ryu died of lung cancer in November 2016.

[6] Ryu's second son, Choe In-guk [ko], reportedly defected to North Korea in July 2019.

[6] Ryu had received the Order of Kim Il Sung, Order of Kim Jong Il and National Reunification Prize.