On August 1, 2014 an incident with a huge impact on Korean society became known to the media. On the sixth of April this year, the incident of a group of Korean military service soldiers beating to death a fellow soldier was revealed to the world by the media four months after the occurrence. This incident has become one of the more important incidents in raising awareness that the situation of service in the Korean military is in a serious situation.   While the group committed the assault in the space of compulsory public service, and with the point that after the incident the destruction of evidence proceeded with the approval of commanding officers of military service, and in light of the point that the Korean military has come in inherit chronic and abusive violence, this incident has placed a stamp on the fact that our society should not be silent about the problem of human rights in the military.   3Thus, religious and civil organizations for peace and human rights along with the Human Rights Center of the National Council of Churches in Korea, established the “Joint Action for the Guarantee of Human Rights in the Military” on September, 24th 2014, and to start community activities in response to this issue of preventing the recurrence of coercive actions in the military and guaranteeing human rights.   Activities for the guaranteeing of human rights in the military will include establishing a basic law for military human rights, amending and repealing current military court law that manages military related cases in the military court, legislation for establishing a primary external monitoring mechanism for regular monitoring of the military and monitors configured to monitor the Department of Defense and the National Defense Committee of the National Assembly, and plans to continue the launch of campaign activities for preserving human rights in the legislature and the military.   These activities and more will become the first steps to reforming a new military that preserves human rights, as they prevent the recurrence of widespread harassment and violence in the Korean military, making Korea’s military, which currently exists above the law, more transparent and democratic.