Pyongyang felt the heat as early as late May, satellite imagery reveals (opens in new tab)

Thermal infrared satellite data collected in late May 2026 confirms that significant heat stress had already taken hold in both Pyongyang and Seoul well before the peak of summer, with Pyongyang’s power shortages leaving North Korean people with little ability to cope. With forecasters predicting an unusually hot summer across the Korean peninsula, I analyzed […]