Career
He plays for Pyongyang City in the DPR of Korea League. He has played on 44 occasions for the North Korean national team, scoring a goal in the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup against Kyrgyzstan. He has been called up to their 23-man squad for the 2010.
Ri Chol-myong was a part of the squad in the 2010 Asian Games.
of Korea DRR lost 8-9 in a penalty shoot-out in the hands of United Arab Emirates in the quarter-finals. of Korea DPR lost because of the penalty Ri missed.