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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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The Road of Bones: the Kolyma Highway
December 6, 2019 / by Joel Gallagher
For fans of mega journeys and long adventures, the epic expanse of Russia never disappoints. Once in Moscow, a quick look at a train schedule reveals your adventure options in the biggest country on earth. Russian infrastructure can get you anywhere fr …
Mongolian people
December 6, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
We’ve all heard of Mongolia – after all, they spawned one of the largest and most diverse empires the Eurasian landmass has ever seen – but how much do you know about the people who live in modern-day Mongolia? Fear not, intrepid reader: YPT is here to …
THE MOST DANGEROUS AND SAFEST PLACES IN THE WORLD FOR SOLO FEMALE TRAVELERS
December 6, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Guest article by Hannelore Oberbauer The study gathered information based on 50 most visited destinations around the world. The study shows countries ranked on their level of danger, based on many criteria such as whether women are safe at walking at n …
How to get from Ireland to North Korea
December 6, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
With the utmost excitement regarding another year of Young Pioneer Tours being the only company to celebrate St Patricks Day in North Korea, we have decided to compile an article detailing the best way to travel from Ireland (north and south) to the DP …
A study of the world’s most dangerous countries for LGBTQ+ travel reveals the good, the average and the utterly grotesque
December 5, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Guest article by Hannelore Oberbauer, student at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Instead of relying on hearsay and anecdotes from other travelers, we took a deep look at LGBTQ+ rights, country by country. We’ve gathered data from a variety of truste …
Bishkek Restaurants: Hipster Central (Asia)
December 5, 2019 / by Ben Crowley
You’ve been travelling around Central Asia for a few weeks/months/years. You’ve driven the Pamir Highway and been out hiking in the Kyrgyz mountains. You’ve been sleeping in yurts beside epic mountain lakes, walking along glaciers and looking for snow …
Pyongyang Friendship Hospital
December 5, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
If you are for whatever reason unlucky enough to have an accident or get sick in North Korea, you may be required to visit the Pyongyang Friendship hospital, the hospital set up to deal with foreigners in Pyongyang. I consider myself one of the experts …
The Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front (AINDF)
December 5, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
The Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front is a banned organization in southern Korea that is guided by the ideals of Juche and aims to foment a popular revolution, ideally resulting in the overthrow of the capitalist system and the removal of the …
Workers’ Party of Korea
December 5, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Whilst North Korea, or to be more precise, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is often characterized as a one-party state. This is actually not the case. In the Supreme Peoples Assembly, there are at least three main parties in the traditional s …
