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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”.
We’re always looking for contributors to our sites, so feel free to browse through our blogs, and , get in touch if you’d like to write for us.
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The Tirana Pyramid
17 July 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Tirana is a quirky little place and without a doubt, a YPT favourite, and one which we visit at least twice a year on our Balkan Badlands tour, and of course the ever-iconic Eurasian Adventure Tour. There’s a lot of things that make Tirana a weirdly in …
Local (County) Elections to Be Held in North Korea
17 July 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
This Sunday (21st July) North Korea will have elections at a county level for the first time in 4 years, and the second time under the leadership of Chairman Kim Jong Un. The elections held for the county, district and provincial assemblies will take p …
What is North Korean Transportation like?
16 July 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Being a Juche socialist state on the march to communism the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea places enormous importance on its transportation system, but what is North Koreans public transport like? Let’s find out. The North Korean Subway System T …
Festival Tours
16 July 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Festival Tours are some of the best ways to sample the culture of a particular country, so we tend to go all out and see some of the best ones out there. We see ourselves at YPT as the quintessential adventure travel company. Now whilst I feel all of o …
The Steam Train of Eritrea
11 July 2019 / by Pier Doyon
Every country has its lot of unique experience to offer to travellers and at YPT, it is pretty much our job to bring those unique and memorable experiences to you. YPT being composed of a bunch of ferroequinologists itself, few experiences are as dear …
Visiting Zeljava Airbase, Croatia’s Underground Military Airbase
9 July 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Photos wechat joel During our latest epic adventure tour through the Balkans, I received a vague tip-off about a vast underground military air base, long abandoned since the outbreak of the Yugoslav wars. I was immediately interested, but soon found ou …
Kim Il Sung University
8 July 2019 / by Pier Doyon
Kim Il Sung university, located in Taesong District Pyongyang, is the DPRK’s oldest university. It was founded on October 1st, 1946 and was named after the founder and first leader of North Korea: President Kim Il Sung. During the Korean war between 19 …
7 Amazing Photos of Korea before the War
8 July 2019 / by Pier Doyon
Fun fact! 98% of travellers to North Korea feature a Facebook profile photo of themselves in North Korea for at least three years after their tour! Nowadays Pyongyang photos area lmost cliche! But what were things like before the reds rocked up? The Ic …
The China-North Korea Border
8 July 2019 / by Pier Doyon
As a peninsula, Korea as a whole only share two land borders with other countries. Those borders are exclusively found in North Korea, with South Korea only sharing sea borders with China and Japan. North Korea has borders with Russia and China, which …
