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Welcome to the Young Pioneer Tours blog about everything North Korea, and all of our other special off the beaten the track destinations.
Since starting in 2008 we have seen blogging about North Korea and our other great destinations as a great way to engage with our customers and to show the world a slice of life in the great destinations we visit.
Due to the mass amount of great content we create, as well as receive from our Pioneers we have since started our travel lifestyle magazine “The Young Pioneer”.
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Iran to Open for Foreign Tourism at the End of July
June 11, 2021 / by YPT Team
Today we received the very exciting news from our partners in Iran that the country was planning on opening to vaccinated travellers in late July. “The issuance of tourist visas will resume in the second half of July based on initial agreements with th …
Can you film in Bir Tawil?
June 10, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Can you film in Bir Tawil? The short answer is that if you show up unannounced and start filming people you will find yourself in a whole world of trouble, but with the right permissions filming in Bir Tawil is indeed possible. What is the story with B …
North Korean Websites
June 10, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
What are the North Korean websites? Although small in comparison to many other countries a number of North Korean government agencies have an online presence in Korean, and on occasion English. We have also included a few links to NGO’s, or people like …
Mongolia resumes international flights
June 9, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Mongolia resumes international flights after being closed for over a year, according to local media reports. The flights were resumed on June 1st and will not only allow Mongolians to fly to countries with open borders, but will allow for some form of …
How to get the vaccine in Cambodia as a foreigner?
June 8, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
How to get the vaccine in Cambodia as a foreigner ? This has been quite the rollercoaster year for Cambodia, for a while it looked like the country had managed to escape the crisis that was coronavirus, and then things all changed, and quickly. On Febr …
Who is the Queen Mother of Cambodia?
June 6, 2021 / by YPT Team
Who is the Queen Mother of Cambodia? June 7th marks the birthday of the former Queen consort of King Sihanouk of Cambodia, one of the most charismatic if not controversial figures in 20th century history. As they say behind every good man is a good wom …
The North Korea Newspaper and periodical
June 6, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Is there a North Korea Newspaper ? As a socialist state a vibrant media scene is not usually the first thing people think of for the country, but there are a lot of North Korean newspapers, periodicals and magazines published everyday, both in Korean a …
The World’s Largest State Funeral: Josip Broz Tito
May 29, 2021 / by Dominic Perry
It was the 4th of May, 1980. The place was the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The celebrations of International Workers Day are still fresh in your mind and you still feel like more festivities, so you go to the city of Split in Croatia to w …
When will South-East Asia be open for tourism again?
May 28, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
When will south-east Asia be open for tourism again? While many had hoped that the second half of 2021 would see a rebound in the tourism industry, different mutations of the virus, vastly differing paces of vaccination, as well as lack of coordination …
