Officials of the Phyongsong City Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and villagers congratulated the war veteran on his centenary.

Born into a poor peasant family before the liberation of Korea, Ri Ju Hwan experienced the sorrow of a stateless nation. After the national liberation, he took the lead in the building of a new country while working at the Democratic Youth League. He performed matchless feats in the battles against the aggressors during the Fatherland Liberation War.

The General Secretary invited to the national conferences of war veterans and presented gifts of love to him who had worked hard at his revolutionary post in the periods of postwar reconstruction and socialist construction.