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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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Made in DPRK – Arirang Smartphone
April 7, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
North Korea often unfairly has a reputation as a place where things don’t work, but it really must be remembered that they are also a country under some extremely prohibitive sanctions. They are also governed by the Juche ideology of self-reliance, and …
Made in DPRK – Samjiyon Tablet
April 7, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
North Korea often unfairly has a reputation as a place where things don’t work, but it really should be remembered that they are also a nation under some extremely prohibitive sanctions. They are also governed by the Juche ideology of self-reliance, an …
Communist Culture in Yan’an
April 7, 2019 / by John McGovern
In late 1935 the Communist Party of China, led by Mao Zedong, arrived in Yan’an, a remote northern city in Shaanxi province, at the end of the mammoth Long March from southeast China. They were to make Yan’an their base for the next 12 years and hone t …
What’s the cheapest way to get from North Korea to Singapore?
April 4, 2019 / by Alistair Riddell
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the city-state of Singapore may seem worlds apart. To the outsider, visions of Singapore being a liberal free-market zone emphasizing cosmopolitanism and religious pluralism hold themselves in stark contras …
Where to travel during Dragon Boat Festival?
April 4, 2019 / by Nicolas Platt
The Dragon Boat Festival holiday is fast approaching again and what better way to make use of the holiday then by joining us on our cheapest ever travel package to North Korea, our Dragon Boat Festival Ultra Budget Tour. Find out all the reasons why y …
Somaliland now issuing visa on arrival for many nationalities
April 3, 2019 / by Pier Doyon
In a move to simplify immigration procedures and promote tourism, the government of Somaliland has announced that it will now issue visas on arrival for a number of countries. Valid from today, citizens of the EU, Canada, USA, Brazil, China, Russia, Tu …
Mass Games – Romania Style
April 2, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
If you are lucky enough to go for beers in the Old Quarter of Bucharest, to places like Care Cu Bere, it would be easy to think that communism had never been a feature of Romania. But stroll along for 10 minutes, or so and then it hits you: Ceausescu-e …
Direct flights to DPRK from Vietnam to begin in June
April 1, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Following a surge in bookings following the March DPRK-USA summit in Hanoi, a Vietnamese travel agency has entered into a deal with the Korea International Travel Company (KITC) to charter flights direct from Vietnam to Pyongyang. The official memorand …
Top DPRK officials proclaim the Last Jedi ‘the best of the Star Wars movies’
April 1, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Pyongyang, April 1st 2019 In a development sure to add fuel to the fire of Star Wars debates worldwide, the DPRK today proclaimed, after mammoth 20+ hour sessions of Star Wars marathons by top government officials, that ‘The Last Jedi is by far t …
