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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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Hidden Gem Vacation Destinations You Need to Experience for Yourself
September 10, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Guest Blog by Freelance Writer Jane Standing Taking part in superficial tourist activities and doing the same thing over can leave you bored. However, you can now enjoy unique experiences worth your time and money. Visiting less known desti …
What’s your favourite National holiday to celebrate?
September 7, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
May Day You know that feeling when Spring has officially sprung, summer is only one month away and the weather is absolutely glorious? That’s May Day in North Korea. Which, after the cold winter months is extremely welcomed by everyone. As a result, Ma …
YPT make history with our Moscow-Pyongyang tour!
September 6, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
We did it, folks – in a massive milestone for YPT, we became the first tour company to take a group across the DPRK-Russia border! That is legit amazing! Right? Not since the day after never has a tour company taken a group over this border, making thi …
5 reasons why you should visit Algeria
September 6, 2019 / by Pier Doyon
Algeria, it might be the biggest country in Africa but it clearly doesn’t get the love it deserves! In recent years, it has become easier to get a visa for Algeria and that is great because the country should definitely be on top of your travel bucket …
North Korean footballer Han Kwang Song signs for Juventus FC
September 6, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
The rising star of North Korean football, Han Kwang Song, has joined Juventus in a deadline-day move — thus completing the highest profile transfer for a North Korean player in history. Han Kwang Song, who is one week shy of his 21st birthday, has sig …
What is the Bougainville Referendum
September 6, 2019 / by Pier Doyon
Scheduled for the 23rd of November 2019 after having been delayed twice the referendum of Bougainville was on all lips when we visited the region on our last tour of Papua New Guinea. You might not have heard of Bougainville and might have even less he …
The Last American in North Korea Pt. 3
September 3, 2019 / by Justin Martell
My guide’s talking points were very different from the DPRK state media’s bombastic “sea of fire” rhetoric. I did not believe this man’s words to be shallow or part of a rehearsed script. This was a North Korean genuinely expounding universal themes of …
Trek to the wreck of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto’s plane
September 1, 2019 / by Pier Doyon
On April 18th 1943, in the midst of the war in the Pacific, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto left his bunker in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, and boarded a plane, a repurposed XXXXX, heading to Ballalae Airport on a tour of his troops. Coming from a Samurai family …
Airlines of the Pacific: Nauru Airlines
September 1, 2019 / by Pier Doyon
The Pacific region is one of YPT’s favourite regions. It is still raw and quite undiscovered, with genuine people and countries which have been isolated until very recently. As such, less known of that region by most travelers. We have now been running …
