As the most prominent city bordering North Korea’s northern neighbour of China, Sinuiju is a city many tourists pass through whilst travelling between Dandong and Pyongyang by train, but not a city where people stop to explore. Below are our reasons why you visit this unique border town city of the DPRK. 1. Explore a rarely […]

In our inaugural post to guides of the provincial capitals of North Korea, we bring you Chongjin: the capital city of North Hamgyong province. Chongjin is North Korea’s third largest city, with a population of around 620,000, and is the country’s industrial heartland. The city features massive steel complexes, a port, a locomotive plant and […]

With Marshal Kim Jong Un leaving his country for the first time after the US-DPRK summit in Vietnam, you might be interested in knowing how such a trip is doable. While we’ve previously covered how to get from Vladivostok to Pyongyang by plane and covered how to get from China to North Korea, here is […]

How do you say Korea in Korean? What do Koreans call Korea and all that jazz? Would a rose by any other name smell so sweet? I think Shakespeare said something like that, and from what I can gather he was saying ‘names are important’. But the good old Bard was talking about flowers; alas, […]

As we predicted , Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin today met in Vladivostok. Kim and Putin are meeting for the first time and much has been put on the table in terms of the level of collaboration that could happen between the two countries. Much is still to be discussed, but some subjects have […]

What Korean provinces are there, or more specifically what North Korean provinces are there. We take a lot at the geographical divisions of North Korea. People, namely people who do not happen to live in North Korea, often see the country as a large monolithic block. And while the regional variation in the DPRK may […]

Young Pioneer Tours is always working with our Korean partners to open up new parts of the DPRK to tourism, and the city of Manpo in Chagang Province is now open to tourists as of April 2019. What the Manpo? Manpo is a large city of over 100,000 people, standing on the banks of the […]

North Korean snacks might not be famous the world over, but they are interesting and a highlight to any trip here. Without question, one of the elements of travel that I love most is sampling the local cuisine of any new country I’m lucky enough to visit. From local market street food to traditional foods, […]

After a couple of inconclusive summits with Trump, North Korean leader Marshal Kim Jong Un is now pivoting and meeting with Vladimir Putin in what is being dubbed the Kim-Putin Summit. While the current leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has quickly established much more of a willingness to leave the country than […]

Cute islands in the middle of rivers like Hwanggumpyong Island might have romantic overtones, but more often than not they can prove to be right royal pains in the ass! There have been more than a few conflicts over useless rocks over the years. On the Tumen and Yalu rivers there are a total of […]