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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”.
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Turkmenistan border crossings
13 June 2020 / by Ben Crowley
If you’re travelling overland and planning on entering Turkmenistan, you’re going to need to know which border crossing you will be using. Chances are you’ll either be applying for a tourist visa to Turkmenistan, in which case we’ll need to know where …
Pyongyang Study Tour: Studying in North Korea for a Month
13 June 2020 / by Simon Haywood
I confidently say that my choice to spend my summer vacation in Pyongyang studying in North Korea has changed my life. I had the chance to take part in YPT Pyongyang Study Tour. It happened at one of Korea’s top university, Kim Hyong Jik Teacher Traini …
Cambodia announces new COVID-19 measures for arrivals
11 June 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Europe might be tenuously opening its doors to tourism, but South East Asia is certainly playing things a lot safer when it comes to de-confininement following COVID-19. The Government of Cambodia has just announced that all travellers arriving in the …
Hamhung Cold Noodles
11 June 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Hamhung Cold Noodles as photographed by Gregor Samsa Did we make a spelling mistake? Surely we must have meant Pyongyang Cold Noodles right? No, we are talking about the second most famous cold noodle dish of North Korea Hamhung Cold Noodles ( 함흥냉면 ). …
Okryu-gwan Restaurant – DPRK Guide
9 June 2020 / by Nicolas Platt
Introduction Located on the banks of the Taedong river between Moran Hill and Okryu Bridge, Okryu-Gwan Restaraunt (옥류관) is one of Pyongyang’s most iconic eateries and easily the most famous Pyongyang Cold Noodle restaurant. The exterior of Okryu-Gwan O …
Pyongyang Restaurant Chain
9 June 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Despite being a Socialist State with a heavily centralised economy the DPRK can at times be pretty canny businessmen and nothing quite proves this as much as the hugely successful Pyongyang Restaurant Chain or Franchise – that is right I said franchise …
Ko Panyi – and the floating football pitch
9 June 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
You might not have heard of Ko Panyi, although from the name you might hazard a guess that it is in Thailand. The village of Ko Panyi is different from other villages in that the fishermen live in houses built on stilts. All 1700 or so of them floating …
The 100th birthday of Kim Il Sung
9 June 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
The 100th Birthday of President Kim Il Sung is up until now one of the biggest events both for tourists and locals alike that has ever happened in North Korea. The background to the 100th birthday of President Kim Il Sung President Kim Il Sung was the …
Collision in Korea
9 June 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
What was the Collision in Korea? When we think about great sporting events in North Korea it is natural to swing to the Mass Games, or for great cultural exchanges The Laibach Concert, but just over 25 years ago sport and cultural exchange come togethe …
