PYONGYANG, 25 February, 2021 (TON): On Thursday the media reported that North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un has presided over a Central Military Commission meeting to discuss the discipline among the military officials and stricter control over the younger officers.

On Wednesday, at the expanded military commission meeting of the ruling Workers' Party Kim stressed the importance of establishing revolutionary moral discipline particularly among the younger generation in the Army.

"To establish the revolutionary moral discipline within the KPA is not just a technical issue, but a fatal issue related to the existence of the KPA and success or failure in the army building and military activities," Kim said, referring to the People's Army.

Kim also called for intensified education and control to ensure that the commanding officers of the "new generation have the proper political consciousness and moral point of view."

The meeting also saw a discussion of "a series of shortcomings revealed in the military and political activities and moral life of KPA commanding officers."

It seems that amid challenges from global sanctions and the country's prolonged fight against the global pandemic, Kim's criticism appears to be aimed at tightening discipline among military officers in this regard.