Kim Jong Un shunned wearing a coronavirus face mask as he oversaw a missile strike drill - despite fears North Korea is covering up the severity of the disease's spread.
The North Korea leader was photographed clutching binoculars alongside a comrade who was wearing a mask as part of anti-COVID-19 measures on Monday.
The "firepower strike drill" included the launch of what appeared to be short-range ballistic missiles for the second time this week.
Coronavirus, meanwhile, may have killed almost 200 soldiers in North Korea amid suspicions of a major outbreak in the secretive country , it is claimed.
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