Our good friends at TOGETHER-Hamhung, with whom YPT have partnered since 2015 on numerous charity projects involving the Kindergarten & Deaf Centre in Pyongyang and a deaf woodwork shop raising over 6000 euros, would like to announce their next charity project. First, a little backstory Back on 17th of February 2016, a special delegation from […]

Young Pioneer Tours are very pleased to announce that for our upcoming International Women’s Day Tour we will be pledging a €10 donation for every Pioneer who books up. We will be donating to a charity that assists female refugees who have recently relocated from their original countries. We have announced this as part of […]

Greetings from all of us at YPT! A big thank-you to everyone who entered our competition to, amongst other things, win a free trip to the DPRK! A great many people shared the competition on Facebook, Google Plus and Twitter, and so we decided to make a spectacle of the prize draw by both drawing […]

Let’s buy an island? Why not? Private islands have traditionally been the domain of super-rich oil magnates and dilettantes – or so it has always been though. Over a decade ago, a group of like-minded people sat down and asked the question: what if average Joes could pool their resources and buy an island? More […]

UPDATE (September 27 2019) – It happened, Saudi Arabia finally released a tourist e-visa available for over 50 countries. For a long time, Saudi Arabia has been off-limit for many travellers, with prohibitive visa prices, extensive red-tape and difficult bureaucracy, it was hard to get any opportunity to get there. Now, citizens of 34 countries, […]

Over the past month construction workers had been seen on the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge that connects the Chinese city of Dandong to the North Korean city of Sinuiju by a single road and rail line. The bridge – built with German steel –was first opened in 1943 by the Japanese, who had annexed the area […]

Owing to the overwhelming success of this year’s “Glorious Fatherland” Mass Games, the powers that be in the DPRK have just announced a further extension to the spectacular performance! Formerly titled “Arirang”– named for a story long interpreted as an allegory for the forcible separation of the Korean Peninsula — the “Glorious Fatherland” Mass Games […]

Pope Francis has indicated that he may be amenable to a DPRK visit — a somewhat surprising move, given the country’s tumultuous relationship with religion.  Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un, in a meeting with his South Korean counterpart last month, indicated his willingness for the Vicar of Christ to visit his country. The move typifies Kim […]

Glorious Fatherland returns! After the triumphant return of the Mass Games, formerly titled “Arirang” and now called “Glorious Fatherland”, the DPRK have announced the games are back for 2019!  The reinvigorated Mass Games have been a massive hit — YPT’s tour groups have had nothing but praise for the world’s largest mass gymnastics event, featuring […]

We tend to get some interesting characters on our tours, but perhaps none more so than Dan ‘Tito’ Davis, a former drug dealer and 14-year fugitive from the US authorities. We’ve already spoken about meeting Tito previously, and our sister website theyoungpioneer.com interviewed him for a series of articles.  Long story short, Mr. Davis’ life […]