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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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Yanji

7 January 2012 / by Gareth Johnson

Yanji (or Yeon’gil in Korean; Korean pronunciation: [jɔnɟil]) is the capital city of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in northeastern China. Its population is approximately 400,000 of which a large section is ethnic Korean. Yanji along with Dandong …

Happy New Year from YPT

5 January 2012 / by Gareth Johnson

Here is the group e-mail that we sent out to our mailing list. If you would like to join the mailing list please e-mail tours@youngpioneertours.com to let us know Dear all, Firstly you are receiving this e-mail because you have at some point been in to …

So many conflicting reports

28 December 2011 / by Pier Doyon

Many many tourist companies, and tour media have been making their predictions about if the DPRK will be closed to tourists, how long for etc etc. Regarding the question of “how long will the DPRK be closed to tourists”, or “when will North Korea be op …

2012 tour program

19 December 2011 / by Gareth Johnson

Many people have been mailing us regarding what affect the current news will have on tours to the DPRK. Whilst we currently do not know what will happen, we will try and give some early opinion on things. Korean New Year Tour to DPRK – This could be af …

Death of Comrade Kim Jong Il

19 December 2011 / by Gareth Johnson

Like everyone involved as heavily as we are in the DPRK tourist industry we are much like everyone else truly shocked at the passing of the Great Comrade Kim Jong Il, with our thoughts being very much with the Korean people at this time. It has been an …

Updating website and other bits!

16 December 2011 / by Gareth Johnson

YPT are currently updating the website, so for the next few days expect to see bits get moved around, or the odd new, but empty page. All of the most important information will still be available on the site. If you cannot find find what you need drop …

ICBM Tour

14 November 2011 / by Gareth Johnson

When planning the trip to Ukraine, I felt that we needed something else to go with the Chernobyl tour, and after studying the options, and talking to my resident experts, decided to go for the ICBM tour. Now to put this place into perspective, the area …

Mt Kumgang Cruise, Political Interest, and Revolutionary Tours 2011

7 November 2011 / by Gareth Johnson

We have just finished three very exciting tours. Firstly our second ever Political Interest Tour, which lead perfectly into a Revolutionary Tour of China, again our second attempt, both went great, being not only more busy than last year, but more impo …

North Korea vs Japan World Cup Qualifier 15th November

14 October 2011 / by Gareth Johnson

Well as an Arsenal Fan I always considered Arsenal vs Spurs to be pretty much the pinnacle of rivalries, but this one goes a little deeper. We will be running a tour to watch the DPRK face off against Japan on November 15th. This is not the first time …