From our special correspondent in Seoul
Olive green uniform, kepi and black mask on the mouth. The high ranking officers of the Korean People's Army form a body around Marshal Kim Jong-un, wrapped in a thick dark leather coat. All smiles, wearing a chapka, He is the only one not to wear a mask on the photo, the privilege of supreme leader in this time of coronavirus epidemic. The thirty-year-old dictator has just supervised the binocular firing of " long-range artillery ", and tested the " combat capacity " of his troops, according to information released Tuesday by the official agency KCNA. The day before, Pyongyang launched two short-range ballistic missiles from Wonsan on the east coast, according to the South Korean military, a first since November. This military show of force announces a renewed tension on the peninsula, at the same time as it battles with the coronavirus, on both sides of the 38th parallel.
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