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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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Cellphones allowed into North korea!
20 January 2013 / by Gareth Johnson
Richie has just returned from our first group tour of the year and brings some pretty big news! At the moment the DPRK is saying you can bring phones into the country. Satellite phones are still banned, but for now at least the ban on bringing mo …
Daily Dandong to Pyongyang train service!
19 December 2012 / by Gareth Johnson
From January next year, trains are scheduled to run from Dandong to Pyongyang every day of the week, and vice versa too. This is great news for independent tours (Though unfortunately not so much for American citizens who will still need to fly i …
Skiing in The DPRK?
17 December 2012 / by Gareth Johnson
When most people think of tourism in North Korea, they probably don’t think of activities like Skiing. Yet plans are underway to introduce not just one but as many as three new skiing locations, all of which will allow foreigners to hit the Korean slop …
North Korea rocket launch won’t affect tourism
12 December 2012 / by Gareth Johnson
BREAKING: North Korea Has Launched its Rocket, And A Satellite is ‘in Orbit’ North Korea has launched its long-range rocket at 1000KST and is broadcasting via state media that it has successfully put a satellite into orbit. Japan and South Korea are ho …
Waterworld
23 November 2012 / by Gareth Johnson
I spent some time looking at ferry options between the Dandong in China and Icheon in South Korea, and the North Korean Cruise from Rason to Mt. Kumgang, which got me thinking in a nautical way. Now most people’s idea of travel is taking a plane to a d …
First!- Young Pioneering the Tumen-Namyang Border: Part 2
16 November 2012 / by Troy Collings
Day 3 Unfortunately Shan was ill in the morning- probably she thinks because the floor was so hot it went through the bed giving her a cold (we figured out how to turn the heated floors off after that which did help, sometimes they were too hot). So sh …
First!- Young Pioneering the Tumen-Namyang Border: Part 1
15 November 2012 / by Troy Collings
Much has happened since YPT Pioneered the North-East of the DPRK. You can find our more about Mount Chilbo & Chongjin and the North-Hamgyong province in general in our blogs. As some of you Young Pioneers out there may have already heard, on the 8t …
Tumen to Hyeryong DPRK, new YPT Route
13 November 2012 / by Gareth Johnson
YPT are super pleased to announce a new and very authentic route into the DPRK through the Tumen Chinese border, and into Hyeryong, birthplace of Mother Kim Jong Suk, with Mr Troy Collings (New Zealand) being the first westerner (as we are told) to mak …
New Route Added through Tumen border
13 November 2012 / by Gareth Johnson
YPT are super pleased to announce a new and very authentic route into the DPRK through the Tumen Chinese border, and into Hyeryong, birthplace of Mother Kim Jong Suk, with Mr Troy Collings (New Zealand) being the first westerner (as we are told) to mak …
