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Eurasian Adventure Tour
This fall I will be helping out on YPT’s Eurasian Adventure Tour! Beijing – Moscow – Minsk – Kiev – Chernobyl – Transnistria – Chisinau – Bucharest – Sofia – Macedonia – Kosovo – Tirana Group 1...
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New Cruise Line for DPRK
Exciting news from Young Pioneer Tours: The DPRK has announced that they will be restarting cruises from Rajin Port, to the Mt Kumgang resort on 3 night, 4 day cruises starting from April. Singaporean...
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Return to the Kaeson Youth Park Fun Fair
In the Spring of 2012 I made a return trip to Pyongyang’s Kaeson Youth Park fun fair ; chilly nighttime weather meant less crowds and interactions with locals than on my first visit, but the experience...
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Blogging From Inside North Korea
3/23/13 Update: 3G is no longer available. The fundraising below has been discontinued with money raised refunded. Internet has just been authorized in North Korea, but unfortunately it is very...
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Is it Ethical to Travel to North Korea?
Lots of insightful opinions and analysis from top DPRK watchers and North Korea travel industry experts in James Griffith’s article on the ethics of traveling to North Korea: North Korea, one of the...
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Rare Images Show A Side Of North Korea That Outsiders Rarely See
A nice write up about me in Business Insider: Joseph Ferris doesn’t want to settle down. Ferris earned himself a US Coast Guard 3rd Mate Unlimited license from Maine Maritime Academy, and took a job...
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3G Access to Foreign Tourists No Longer Available
That was fast, after one month of service the new Koryolink 3G network is reportedly no longer available to foreign tourists. I want to thank everybody who enthusiastically contributed to my North...
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American in North Korea on Instagram
I started playing with my photos on Instagram – you can follow me @josephferrisiii Below are some of my favorite pics: US spy ship Pueblo guide. View of Pyongyang and Juche Tower. Walking home in rural...
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6 Trips to North Korea This Spring!
I have a March 30th flight with Koryo Airlines to North Korea – the first of many! A lot has happened since the last time I was in the DPRK (I went to Iran on my last vacation): nuclear and long range...
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Back From North Korea
A North Korean Army Captain and myself three days ago on the North Korean side of the DMZ at Panmunjeom. I just returned from North Korea on another amazing trip! I understand the world is freaking...
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Rollerblading Their Way to War
While the American media beats the war drums, and our citizens panic under a perceived nuclear missile threat, the citizens of Pyongyang, North Korea go on with their lives. Girls rollerblading on the...
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North Korean Taekwondo Expert Defeats American Imperialist
On my recent trip to North Korea I arranged a private Taekwondo demonstration at the Pyongyang Taekwondo Palace. It was an amazing and extremely rare experience but the best part of the show was when...
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Diplomacy Through Tourism
Michael Bassett, constructivist DPRK analyst, US Senatorial consultant, and retired US Army Tank Commander/Platoon Sergeant, gets a hug with a North Korean army commander last week on the North Korean...
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Water Skiing in Pyongyang
As the western media whips up fear of a North Korean nuclear armageddon, people in Pyongyang are water skiing the Taedong River – photo by Joseph A Ferris III
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Nampo Gasoline Clam BBQ
Clam BBQ cooked by a sprinkling of lighted gasoline in Nampo, North Korea – eat your heart out Anthony Bourdain! The petrol clam BBQ is an activity I have always wanted to do but have had difficulty...
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Pyongyang Traffic Girl
I’m going to let you in on a little secret – I really like the traffic girls of Pyongyang. When we asked our North Korean guides if the traffic girls are aware of their world wide fame we were told...
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Back to North Korea – Extreme North East
Waiting for my Manila to Beijing flight for yet another North Korea trip this week. On April 22nd I start the Extreme North East Tour and will be the first American tourist to cross the Tumen land...
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Back from the Extreme Northeast of North Korea
Girls on roller skates in Chongjin City, North Korea. Get a sneak peak of my most recent trip via my latest uploads to Instagram. I’m safely back in China after an amazing week in the rarely visited...
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