Talk:Ri Chun-hee

Retired?

She has just announced an H-bomb test.--Jack Upland (talk) 08:39, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

I hadn’t watched the announcement because I didn’t want to see anyone else try to do it! But more on point, I think we’ll be hard pressed to find a secondary source for her appearance yesterday. *sigh* Thanks for the heads up! —LLarson (talk) 16:42, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

She also read the announcement regarding the launch of the Kwangmyongsong-4 satellite. The video, provided by northkoreatech.org, is on YouTube and their website (in the sidebar). So, I guess she still reads, like, "milestone" announcements. --91.11.127.176 (talk) 21:04, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

And she's announced the latest test.--Jack Upland (talk) 10:52, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

• From what I've been able to find, she's strictly a show piece. She retired but is pull out when the widdle boy wants to pretend to be a big boy and does stuff the world condemns him for. FriarTuck1981 (talk) 12:35, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

She also announced the summit with Trump.--Jack Upland (talk) 09:36, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

"KCTV senior anchorwoman Ri Chun Hui reads out a report about Ri Sol Ju’s attendance of the ballet performance on KCTV News on April 15, 2018." Geraldshields11 (talk) 18:46, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

Well, Gerald, I think I have solved the mystery of that ballet — see the article. The ballet wasn't important; it was the fact that that Ri Sol Ju has been named "first lady". Ri Chun Hee had to do the announcement. That was the equivalent of an H-bomb, apparently.--Jack Upland (talk) 06:59, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Jack Upland Geraldshields11 (talk) 21:53, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

She has announced the meeting at the DMZ, but I can't find a reliable source that says that.--Jack Upland (talk) 10:09, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

She just announced the opening of a hot springs resort [1] I don't know that we should list all her post-retirement appearances.--Jack Upland (talk) 06:19, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Pyongyang Patty or Patti

A Google search reveals that neither of those nicknames are common, and they're not used in mainstream media. It's described as a Free Republic nickname, but I can only find three mentions on the site. I don't think this is notable.--Jack Upland (talk) 23:19, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Hanbok

The article mentions she wears traditional Korean hanbok, but that article states the correct term in North Korea is Joseon-ot. Is there a reason hanbok is used here instead? Isn't there a guideline that where there are differences the term used in the country to which the article is most strongly attached should be used? --2A00:23C4:7D0C:D700:84DF:C710:D7D7:1C1B (talk) 19:50, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

I noticed that too, and agree, it should be called the local name. I have modified the link, it goes to the same article but the joseon-ot name shows instead. --Dmol (talk) 00:00, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

Photograph

How is there not a photograph of Ri Chun-hee? She's the North Korean lady in pink! A photograph of her should be added as soon as it possibly can be. (24.205.83.199 (talk) 04:10, 15 December 2017 (UTC))

Feel free to add one if you have a suitable photograph. But it must comply with copyright policies. --Dmol (talk) 05:41, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia had trouble finding a non-copyrighted image of Kim Jong Un until fairly recently, when he was finally photographed outside North Korea. I'm not sure the Pink Lady has ventured outside North Korea, much less been photographed by a foreign photographer.--Muzilon (talk) 10:45, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

Fair use exemption? In this case, I would argue that the "pictures of people still alive" condition (which normally bars fair use of a non-free picture of a living person) doesn't apply, since it is vanishingly unlikely for anyone to be able to create a free picture of Ms. Ri under any circumstances, much less a picture of her in the pink TV presenter attire that is an essential part of her persona. — Richwales (no relation to Jimbo) 18:04, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

If you want to try to add a photo with that rationale, you can. I'm not sure exactly of the procedure. But bear in mind we have very few photos of North Korean subjects that have been accepted as fair use. Personally, I think Wikipedia should be more relaxed with regard to North Korea, because it is very hard to get free photos, but as the Kim Jong Un saga shows, Wikipedia isn't.--Jack Upland (talk) 08:14, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

No longer employed?

Just saw a new DPRK broadcast that had a middle aged man with glasses presenting the news. This is the new video

We note in the article that she retired in 2012.--Jack Upland (talk) 01:29, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

The infobox line of active in 2016-2018 is inaccurate, since from then on she only announced major events which she still does like she did again on 2021/7/12 http://www.uriminzokkiri.com/index.php?ptype=ccentv&mtype=view&no=53852#pos Gorden 2211 (talk) 15:43, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

I have adjusted the introduction and infobox. It seems that she "retired" from full-time newsreading in 2012, but she said at the time she was still working behind the scenes. It is obvious that she has been occasionally presenting the news up till this year. As I said previously, I don't think we should document every time she reads the news, and I don't think we can. I'm not sure 2016 was the first time she came back from "retirement" to read the news. I also would note that, while we have said she is doing the major news stories, the sourcing for that isn't too good. I think it is better to say she has continued to be "active", since there was never any suggestion she was going to stop working, and at age 78 she's still going. I note that Walter Cronkite's "years active" goes to 2009, the year of his death aged 92, even though he "retired" as CBS news anchor in 1980. As Ri has been described as North Korea's Walter Cronkite, I think that's probably the best way to go, particularly as the information we have about her employment is scanty.--Jack Upland (talk) 08:48, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

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