Born into a poor peasant's family before the liberation of the country, she was subjected to national maltreatment and humiliation and experienced bitterness of the statelessness under the Japanese imperialists' colonial rule.

President Kim Il Sung liberated Korea and provided the Korean people with genuine life and home of happiness. Ri Pok Sil honestly worked for several decades with a mind to live up to the benevolence of the President.

Even after becoming a pensioner, she has contributed to the country's economic development and helps her off-spring.