Rodong Sinmun Tuesday says in a commentary in this regard:

The case clearly showed the true appearance of the extremely corrupt puppet army and proved that the puppet army is a group of devils obsessed by misanthropy and brutality.

The puppet authorities are entirely to blame for turning the puppet army into a den of rabid dogs.

Prevalent in the ROK army fabricated by the U.S. imperialists is the American-style "barracks culture" that calls for establishing "military discipline" with physical torture and drubbing, while regarding the brutal nature and violence as the "spirit of soldier".

The puppet army has thus positively encouraged curses and beating in a bid to turn soldiers into slaves blindly obeying the orders of superiors, not human beings using their own brains.

Unbearable violence has made shooting sprees and suicides daily occurrences in the puppet army.

The situation goes to prove that the puppet ruling forces are the arch criminal and heinous murderer pushing the soldiers to death.

Such tragic situation will continue in south Korea as long as fascist hooligans hold a firm grip on power and train the puppet army as murderers and prod them to escalate confrontation with fellow countrymen and provoke a war against the DPRK.