CNN 's John Watson made a five - day trip to North Korea 's capital , Pyongyang . Media were invited to see 60th anniversary celebrations of Korean War armistice . a photo I had taken of him . Watson says the visit was ` ` the most strictly controlled foreign assignment '' of his career . It was like ` ` door through a wall , left to guess at the hidden door on the other side , '' he writes .
CNN 's John Watson made a five - day trip to North Korea 's capital , Pyongyang . Media were invited to see 60th anniversary celebrations of Korean War armistice . Watson says the visit was ` ` the most strictly controlled foreign assignment '' of his career . It was like ` ` door through a wall , left to guess at the hidden door on the other side , '' he writes .