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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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Dandong and ferries south
July 30, 2012 / by Gareth Johnson
I have south Korean friends, Korean American and even Chinese Korean friends, I have previously briefly visited the south, and Yanji in China, but essentially I know and do North Korea, the DPRK is “my” Korea, so being on a boat surrounded entirely by …
The North Part
July 17, 2012 / by Gareth Johnson
So I have decided to blog the whole north/south tour, or at least as much as I can. This is technically day 2 I guess, although day 1 “in country” in fact I’m currently sitting in my cabin waiting for Korean customs to give me the once over at Sinuiju …
Eurasian Adventure Tour – Mitrovice
July 9, 2012 / by Gareth Johnson
Technically this was to be the second to last day of the “tour”, and for me what we had planned was pretty much one of my highlights, Mitrovice. The 411 on Mitrovice is that it is the most northern city in the “country of Kosovo”, separated slap bang i …
Mt. Paekdu
June 29, 2012 / by Gareth Johnson
Mt. Paekdu (Also referred to as Mt. Baekdu in the more recent South Korean Hangul romanization) reknowned to all Koreans, for it’s historical significance, in both ancient and modern history. As a friend pointed out to me Mt. Paekdu is in the fir …
The case for tourism in Tibet
June 23, 2012 / by Alistair Riddell
Recent rule changes in Tibet stating that only groups of at least 5 people from the same country can form a group, and most recently that Tibet is closed to English, Norwegian, Austrian, and South Korean nationals due to these countries hosting the Dal …
When Arsenal Played in Beijing in 2012
June 13, 2012 / by Gareth Johnson
Introduction While clearing through our old “blogs,” I was hit with the following story we published in 2012. “OK, so not strictly YPT thing, but Arsenal are playing Man City at the birds nest on July 27th, and on the 29th in Hong Kong. I can get ticke …
End of Arirang?
June 13, 2012 / by Gareth Johnson
So lately the big news seems to be the reported end of the Arirang Mass games. Is it true? Sadly yes. This year is your last chance to see Arirang. However next year there is still a 95% chance of there being a mass games, it will just be a different p …
Pyongyang Golf Tournament
June 6, 2012 / by Gareth Johnson
YPT are still planning to run their annual Pyongyang Amateur Golf Classic, for those interested in playing golf in the DPRK, or golf in North Korea if that makes more sense…. We ran our first competition in 2010, and whilst it was not the first time …
The Sun’s North Korea world exclusive grabs the headlines
June 6, 2012 / by Gareth Johnson
The recent report by the Sun newspaper in the UK about 2 reporters that snuck into the DPRK allegedly through British company Lupine Travel not only shows some truly piss poor reporting, but does not represent tourism in the DPRK. For that, you truly h …
