Introduction The flag of the Soviet Union is one of the most easily recognizable flags on earth. Its symbolism has gone on to be used in countless methods, from selling capitalist products to communist guerillas, long after the USSR collapsed. Today, w …

Introduction Since the birth of the USSR, Soviet propaganda posters played a huge part in controlling the country and relaying the party’s messages to the people in a non-discreet way. At YPT, we’re big fans of the aesthetic of propaganda posters where …

Introduction We’ve written extensively on the foreign relations of North Korea, including foreign embassies in Pyongyang and the main trading partners of North Korea. In actual fact, one of the best friends, and perhaps strangest friends of North Korea …

We recently did a blog about the number of foreign embassies in Pyongyang. We found it an interesting article to write from many angles. Seeing which countries take their relationship with North Korea as important enough to host a mission was quite eye …

Tuvalu might be the third least visited country in the world, but for me, at least it is a personal favorite! There are many reasons I love Tuvalu, from the culture and the scenery to the beautiful people, but what should one pack for Tuvalu? Summer Cl …

At Young Pioneer Tours are huge advocates of the Trans-Siberian Railway and all the other great train routes that go across Russia and beyond. Every October, we take the train from Beijing to Moscow on the Trans-Mongolian (6 days), as well as once a ye …

1. North Korean students and men are forced to have the same haircut Back in 2014 the BBC and other news outlets wrote an article on North Korean university students ordered to have Kim Jong Un’s haircut. It was with no surprise that the quir …

Some of the places we visit, such as Bhutan, are vegan havens, others slightly less so. Mongolia might not be entirely as vegan-friendly as other Asian nations, but it is certainly possible to survive as a vegetarian, or even vegan when visiting Mongol …

At Young Pioneer Tours, we have more than a passing interest in the least visited countries of the world. Firstly we have a tour that visits them, which is our Least Visited Countries Tour. We regularly publish a list of the ten least visited countries …