The ghosts of Namyeong-dong


An exterior view of the National Museum of Korean Democracy. Detainees were held on the fifth floor of the building, which has narrow, ­slit-like windows. — Woohae Cho/ The New York Times

THE matte black brick building has stood in the heart of Seoul for 50 years.

It is also unusual for the slit-like windows that run across its fifth floor.

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