The centenarian, who was born into a poor peasant family before the liberation of the country, keenly experienced the grief of being a member of the stateless nation, maltreated and humiliated under the colonial rule by the Japanese imperialists

It was not until President Kim Il Sung liberated the once usurped country that she could live a genuine life and worked honestly as an agricultural worker. She continued working even in retirement.

She lives optimistically, having a balanced diet.