Remnants of the past: Vandalised windows and a security grill are seen outside a slated for demolition building that was once a ‘monkey house’, a clinic for sex workers hired to serve US soldiers protecting Seoul from North Korea. — AFP
Slated for demolition, the graffiti-covered building close to the inter-Korean border was once a “monkey house”, a clinic for sex workers forced to serve US soldiers protecting Seoul from North Korea.
Activists, including women who were forced into gruesome treatments for sexually transmitted diseases, say the site should be preserved for its historical significance, but the bulldozers will move in this month to clear it for a tourist development.
