A travel service company in China is inviting foreigners to serve as volunteer farmers in Kim Jong Un’s notoriously oppressive North Korea.
Young Pioneer Tours (YPT) is an expat-operated tour company based out of China that’s been offering tours to North Korea since 2008 and, as of 2016, a new package that includes farming for the benefit of Kim Jong Un and his starving people
YPT reports that the authoritarian North Korean regime has become much more receptive to tourism in recent years, perhaps to create a greater influx of foreign currency.
“Pioneers” traveling with YPT can experience the mysteries of Pyongyang, the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), and other North Korean sights. – READ MORE