kim disbanded the group of hand-picked teenagers shortly after the death of his father in the north korean capital pyongyang in december 2011 .
but now that the country 's official three-year mourning period for kim jong-il has concluded , the eccentric autocrat has demanded his advisers find suitable new women for the role , as the previous members retired and were married off to military generals when they hit their early 20s .
north korean officials have traditionally scoured the countryside for pretty teenagers , sometimes as young as 13-years-old .