South Korea’s leading daily newspaper reported North Korea’s new leader, Kim Jong-un

South Korea’s leading daily newspaper reported North Korea’s new leader, Kim Jong-un, has instituted a novel method of executing military officers - mortar firing squad.
Kim ordered a military officer to be executed in a way that would leave “no trace of him behind, down to his hair,” the daily Chosun Ilbo said, quoting a South Korean government source.
The officer was placed at the aiming point of a mortar range, where an artillery shell exploded and blew him to pieces, the newspaper reported. His crime: being caught drunk during the mourning period for Kim Jong-il, Kim’s father and predecessor who died in December 2011.
The execution was part of a purge of “unsound” military officers that took place under the control of the new supreme leader, the paper reported.
“When Kim Jong-un became North Korean leader following the mourning period for his father in late December, high-ranking military officers started disappearing,” the South Korean government source told Chosun Ilbo. “From information compiled over the last month, we have concluded that dozens of military officers were purged.”
Kim also ordered loyal officials to “get rid of” anyone caught misbehaving during the mourning period for his father, the source added.