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 …

As of March 15th 2021, the Iraqi government launched a visa on arrival for Iraq program that allows citizens of 38 countries to apply for a visa on arrival at Baghdad, Najaf and Basra airports. The following nationalities are eligible for visa on arriv …

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 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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …