A little known school in India appeared on the UN Panel of Expert’s (PoE) radar last year due to its long standing relationship with North Korea. The PoE reported the small city near India’s northern border had long been a destination for the DPRK to send budding scientists and prospective space agency employees to receive technical training.

The DPRK sent 30 students over the last 20 years to the Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP). They studied ten-month post-graduate courses in numerous subjects, from satellite communications to space and atmospheric