North Korea has repeatedly threatened to turn Seoul into a sea of fire over the years, brandishing artillery and nuclear weapons aimed at its adversaries in the South.

But as global warming drives temperatures up and farmers defy rules against slash-and-burn agriculture, the risk is growing that the DPRK will be the one to find itself going up in flames.

NK Pro analysis of satellite data shows that there have been dozens of confirmed fires across the country’s farmlands and mountain slopes in recent months, from Kangwon Province near the inter-Korean border and the