Essentially I am behind on my blog, but not only feel I should probably mention two of the best places I have been, but also that if I am going to blog, I should at least try to be consistent…. I arrived at Yanji, for want of a better word a little bit shit faced, […]

With the long awaited April Kim Il Sung’s 100th Birthday Anniversary Celebrations looming ever closing, preparations for Pyongyang and Kaesong are well under way. People are coming together on the streets, old and young to give the DPRK a fresh lick of paint for expecting tourists, journalists and politicians from around the world gathering to witness […]

It has just been announced that in early April there will another cruise from Rason – Mt Kumgang. We are still waiting for exact itinerary and price structure, but we are expecting this quite soon. It has also been announced that journalists will be welcome to join the tour. Journalists that do wish to join […]

Rason is not Pyongyang, and in many ways not comparable to a visit to Pyongyang, it is very special in other ways. For a start, it is very off the beaten track, with far fewer westerners than North Korea main, a simple Google search will show you how little information or previous visitors there have […]

Yanji (or Yeon’gil in Korean; Korean pronunciation: [jɔnɟil]) is the capital city of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in northeastern China. Its population is approximately 400,000 of which a large section is ethnic Korean. Yanji along with Dandong are the two main points of call for the flourishing trade between the DPRK and the PRC. At 400,000 […]

Many people have been mailing us regarding what affect the current news will have on tours to the DPRK. Whilst we currently do not know what will happen, we will try and give some early opinion on things. Korean New Year Tour to DPRK – This could be affected by the 100 days of mourning, […]

Like everyone involved as heavily as we are in the DPRK tourist industry we are much like everyone else truly shocked at the passing of the Great Comrade Kim Jong Il, with our thoughts being very much with the Korean people at this time. It has been announced that the funeral will be held on […]

YPT are currently updating the website, so for the next few days expect to see bits get moved around, or the odd new, but empty page. All of the most important information will still be available on the site. If you cannot find find what you need drop us an e-mail,  message us on Facebook, […]

We have just finished three very exciting tours. Firstly our second ever Political Interest Tour, which lead perfectly into a Revolutionary Tour of China, again our second attempt, both went great, being not only more busy than last year, but more importantly, they offered something really different to the standard stuff that is out there, […]

Well as an Arsenal Fan I always considered Arsenal vs Spurs to be pretty much the pinnacle of rivalries, but this one goes a little deeper. We will be running a tour to watch the DPRK face off against Japan on November 15th. This is not the first time the teams have met, and they […]