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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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Will the new Chinese vaccine policy affect travel to North Korea?
March 21, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Will the new Chinese vaccine policy affect travel to North Korea? The very short answer to this is no it will not, or rather it is extremely unlikely that it will. “China’s new domestic vaccine mandate could devastate future North Korea travel” China’s …
Iraq Lifts the Requirement to Obtain Pre-Arrival Visas for Citizens of 30 Countries
March 16, 2021 / by YPT Team
Starting today, March 15th 2021, the Iraqi government has launched a new visa program to lift the requirement to obtain entry visas prior to arrival in Iraq for citizens of: Countries that are permanent members of the UN Security Council (USA, UK, Fran …
China relax entry to foreigners – but there’s a catch
March 15, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
China relax entry to foreigners – but there’s a catch. Around 10 embassies have announced that they will be streamlining the visa application for foreigners wishing to come, or return to China. To qualify you will have had to have received the Covid-19 …
North Korean Propaganda
March 15, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
North Korean propaganda is one of the most well known facets of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Propaganda takes many forms, from media, social media, posters, movies even to the NK-Pop scene. Political messages are very much part of everyda …
North Korean Social Media
March 14, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
North Korean social media is not necessarily a combination of words you expect in the same sentence, but North Korean social media exists in many ways. North Korea has (or at least had) its own channels on popular western sites such as YouTube, Faceboo …
What Happened to FARC?
March 13, 2021 / by Dominic Perry
The Colombian civil war is something we here at YPT have covered before, but I felt it might be interesting to look at just what’s happened as a result of the peace agreement a few years ago. In case you didn’t know, the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Force …
Top 10 Cool and Undiscovered Places in Sri Lanka
March 12, 2021 / by YPT Team
Introduction The lockdown has kept us all cooped up inside our homes. Staying in one place for long periods of time while following a monotonous routine can affect our minds. So, after this quarantine ends, you might want to go somewhere for a vacation …
General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea
March 11, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
What is the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea? At Young Pioneer Tours we like to delve into the inner-workings of North Korea, from an academic, rather than judgmental point of view you understand! Which brings us to the General Federation of …
North Korea and India Relations
March 11, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
North Korea and India relations are pretty good, and we are here to tell you why! We have previously written about what allies North Korea has with most people assuming they only have China, and to a lesser extent Russia, bit, in fact, a number of coun …
