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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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Papa Doc and Baby Doc: Haiti’s Vodou Dynasty
March 4, 2020 / by Dominic Perry
Between 1957 and 1986, the nation of Haiti was ruled by one family, the Duvalier family. After an emergence as leader in democratic elections in 1957, François Duvalier, later to be known as Papa Doc, increasingly became known for totalitarianism and b …
North Korean Military
March 2, 2020 / by Nicolas Platt
The North Korean Military, otherwise known as the Korean Peoples Army (조선인민군) was founded on February 8th, 1948 and is headed by Marshal Kim Jong Un who is the supreme commander of the North Korean Military. The North Korean Military is generally consi …
How to get to Bhutan?
March 2, 2020 / by Pier Doyon
Frequently seen as an isolated country where very few people get to go, the kingdom of Bhutan does capture the imagination of travelers. A mythical Buddhist kingdom perched in the Himalayan chains, evolving in some kind of secrecy is the cliché it goes …
Flag of Bangladesh
March 1, 2020 / by Pier Doyon
The flag of Bangladesh is unique and very atypical. Some would say that it looks like the flag of Japan, and you wouldn’t be wrong. Composed of a red dot on a green background, it has a very interesting history. Table of Contents When was the flag of B …
US and Taliban sign a peace deal for Afghanistan
February 29, 2020 / by Pier Doyon
2020/02/29 Today, a peace deal between the government of the United States of America and the Taliban in Afghanistan is being signed. The accord, signed as part of a ceremony in Qatar, is the result of two years of negotiation. With this deal would com …
Five Stans Tour Highlights
February 29, 2020 / by Ben Crowley
We are now doing a Five Stans tour. We started doing a Five Stans tour many years ago when we first started with mixed success, however, the recent demand for a tour of all five post-Soviet Stans has been overwhelming! Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikis …
What is Juche? – The Ideology of North Korea
February 28, 2020 / by Dominic Perry
Those who’ve done a little reading on North Korea (DPRK) will know that explaining their ideology as ‘socialism’ or even ‘Marxism-Leninism’ (often written as ‘Stalinism’) is quite insufficient. If you were to ask a Korean, they would tell you that they …
What to bring to North Korea
February 27, 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
A common question we receive is what to pack for North Korea? Here is our complete packing list on what you need to bring to North Korea and what not to bring to North Korea to better prepare your trip to the DPRK. We cover the following in this articl …
The Curious Case of Palmerston Island
February 27, 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Having grown up in the south-east of the United Kingdom, I’m no stranger to jokes about inbred folk! For us, the quintessential interbreeders were from the place called the Isle of Sheppey, so much so that there was even a spoof website. I digress, wel …
