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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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Pochon County
21 March 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Introduction to Pochon. Poch’ŏn County is a county in Ryanggang Province, North Korea. It looks westward across the AmnokRiver/Tumen River to China. It is, therefore, one of the many amazing places we get to see on one of our borderlands tours! Economy …
Military Foundation Day
21 March 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
When is Military Foundation Day in North Korea? When is Military foundation day in North Korea? Well, there are two answers, February 8th, and April 25th, and as always, there is a story behind this… North Korea, much like the United States of America …
Getting on an Iraq Tour from the UK
20 March 2020 / by Pier Doyon
Iraq is one of our hottest destinations and why wouldn’t it be. It is both the cradle of civilization, with fascinating ruins of Ur and Babylon and was at the center of the news until very recently as it was the hotbed of the ISIS conflict. It is now p …
What is a Mongolian Ger
20 March 2020 / by Pier Doyon
White round tents dotting the Mongolian grasslands, few things are evocative of the Mongolian nomad lifestyle like the typical hut of the Mongols. But what exactly is a Mongolian Ger? Let us at YPT take you on a trip inside a Mongolian Ger. What is a G …
Mongolia Ice Marathon
19 March 2020 / by YPT Team
It is one formidable thing to want to travel to the most remote and off-beaten path corners of the world. It is also something to want to go to every country in the world but for many of our guests, a great trend in travelling is to go to remote places …
Pyongyang Duck BBQ Restaurant – DPRK Guide
16 March 2020 / by Nicolas Platt
Introduction – Pyongyang Duck BBQ Restaurant Pyongyang Duck BBQ Restaurant is one of the most iconic restaurants of any tour to North Korea. Known as the Tongil Street duck BBQ restaurant it is located in an East Pyongyang residential neighbourhood. Of …
Kim Hyong-Gwon – The Forgotten Revolutionary
16 March 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Who was Kim Hyon-Gwon? Kim Hyong-Gwon (Korean: 김형권; 4 November 1905 – 12 January 1936) was Korean independence leader, communist revolutionary son of Kim Bo-Hyon, and brother of Kim Jong-Hyik, the father of North Korea’s founder President Kim Il Sung. …
The Top 5 Reasons to visit Vanuatu
16 March 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Vanuatu is one of the favourite parts of our yearly Least Visited Countries Tour there are a lot of reasons for this! Vanuatu might not fall into the “least visited” category, there are a lot of tourists, but it offers natural beauty, wonderful people, …
Russia’s Isolated Paradise of Tofalaria
14 March 2020 / by Pier Doyon
In the vast region of Siberia there is no shortage of places that are extremely difficult to access even for local people, never mind tourists. A place which takes the number one spot of inaccessibility and isolation is one you’ve probably never heard …
