Festival Tours are some of the best ways to sample the culture of a particular country, so we tend to go all out and see some of the best ones out there. We see ourselves at YPT as the quintessential adventure travel company. Now whilst I feel all of our tours are pretty baller some […]

Kim Il Sung university, located in Taesong District Pyongyang, is the DPRK’s oldest university. It was founded on October 1st, 1946 and was named after the founder and first leader of North Korea: President Kim Il Sung. During the Korean war between 1950 and 1953, Kim Il Sung University was temporarily relocated 32 kilometers to […]

Fun fact! 98% of travellers to North Korea feature a Facebook profile photo of themselves in North Korea for at least three years after their tour! Nowadays Pyongyang photos area lmost cliche! But what were things like before the reds rocked up? The Iconic Pyongyang Skyline Its common knowledge that Pyongyang features one of the […]

As a peninsula, Korea as a whole only share two land borders with other countries. Those borders are exclusively found in North Korea, with South Korea only sharing sea borders with China and Japan. North Korea has borders with Russia and China, which are two of its few economical allies. The border with China, certainly, […]

Find out what is the capital of North Korea (DPRK) in this article as well as all there is to know about this impressive city!

Located approximately 45 minutes southwest of Pyongyang on the mouth of the Taedong River and connected by the Youth Highway, Nampo (also spelt Namp’o, in korean 남포) is an important port city on the country’s west coast. Nampo provides an excellent escape from the big city life of Pyongyang and has an excellent mix of […]

With the U.S. currently banning all U.S. passport holders from traveling to North Korea, despite a distinct change of tone from both parties and countless positive talks between President Donald Trump and Marshal Kim Jong Un, with President Trump crossing over the border recently,  there’s unfortunately no sign of the travel ban being dropped anytime […]

A common misconception among tourists is that alcohol in North Korea is either banned or severely restricted. In fact not only is it very common, its production is actually encouraged by the state. There is a surprisingly huge range of alcoholic beverages on the market, from traditional Korean alcohol such as Makkoli and Soju, foreign […]

June 30th, 2019 Regardless of what happens with the currently-ongoing closed-door discussions between Chairman Kim Jong Un and President Trump, today’s meeting is still of immense significance. The two leaders both made history – Marshal Kim Jong Un was the first North Korean leader to step into South Korea since the Korean War, and Trump […]

When you compare the neon lights of Seoul to the starry, tranquil nights on the grassland of Mongolia, you would never expect those two countries to have anything in common. The inhabitants of the two countries, however, have a lot more in common than meets the eye. In this article we’ll delve deeper in the […]