She, born into a peasant's family during the rule by the Japanese imperialists, had undergone bitter sorrow as a stateless nation under all sorts of humiliation and contempt.

She fulfilled her duties as an agricultural worker for decades with a one-track mind to repay the great benevolence of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il, who built a true people's country and glorified it.

She keeps herself busy even after becoming a pensioner, enjoying a pleasant old age in good health.