North Korea’s state space agency has been accepted to become a member of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), an attendant of an annual congress event organized by the federation has told NK News.

The Pyongyang-based National Aerospace Development Administration (NADA) was accepted to become a member of the IAF – “the world’s leading space advocacy body” – at its 66th congress, currently taking place in Jerusalem, participant Tal Inbar told NK News on Monday.

“The North Koreans themselves don’t know this yet, since their representative didn’t come,” explained Inbar, who is head of the space research center at the Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies in