 In 2015 the recruiting and training of "Gippeumjo" were administered by the Fifth Department of Staff of the Organic Direction of the Party.The practice was said to have been maintained by Il-sung's son, Kim Jong-il, until his own death in 2011.In April 2015, Kim Jong-un was reportedly seeking new members for his own "Gippeumjo", after his father's group of girls was disbanded in December 2011.