Born as a daughter of a servant before the country's liberation, she was subjected to all sorts of maltreatment and humiliation as a baby sitter from her age of nine.

It was after President Kim Il Sung liberated the country that she began leading a worthwhile life.

She still keeps herself in good health, benefited from the socialist public health system.

She likes to eat potato, soy-based food, bean paste, etc. and keeps herself busy tending a vegetable plot and raising domestic animals.