South Korea is trying to make peace with its painful past by turning a building once allegedly used as a torture center into a modern art museum. The stark structure built by the Japanese and then taken over by the South Korean military is a reminder for many of the country's brutal colonial history and the abuse many say they suffered later at hands of autocratic South Korean governments after World War II.
Rather than bulldozing the Defense Security Command building, the city of Seoul is transforming it into a branch of the National Museum of Contemporary Art. South Korea's culture minister cut the tape Wednesday at a groundbreaking ceremony for the museum. Construction is slated to finish by the end of 2012.
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