In a characteristic burst of revisionist history , Pyongyang refers to this as its `` grand victory against US imperialists in the Fatherland Liberation War . '' CNN 's Ivan Watson took a five-day trip to North Korea 's capital , Pyongyang . He was there for the first time since he left in 2009 and has been covering this story ever since. Watson says the visit was `` the most strictly controlled foreign assignment '' of his career . It was like `` peering through a keyhole , left to guess at the hidden world on the other side , '' he writes .
CNN 's Ivan Watson took a five-day trip to North Korea 's capital , Pyongyang . He was there for the first time since he left in 2009 and has been covering this story ever since. Watson says the visit was `` the most strictly controlled foreign assignment '' of his career . It was like `` peering through a keyhole , left to guess at the hidden world on the other side , '' he writes .