Career
She was removed from her position as head of the KDWU in February 2014, at the union"s 66th general meeting. She had been regarded as a protegé of the executed Jang Song Thaek. A graduate of Kim Il-sung University, Ro became vice-chair of the Pyongyang committee of the Women's Union in April 2001, and chair of that committee in February 2002.
After serving as vice chair of the Central Committee of the KDWU starting in November 2006, in March 2008 she became chair of the union (at the 52nd general meeting of the KDWU).
Ro was elected to the 12th session of the Supreme People's Assembly in April 2009, and to the Supreme People's Assembly Presidium at the same time.
