SEOUL (AP).- For many, the stark structure built by the Japanese and then taken over by South Korea’s military is a reminder of a painful colonial past and the torture allegedly overseen there later during decades of authoritarian governments. But rather than bulldozing the Defense Security Command building, South Korea’s capital is trying to make peace with its difficult history by transforming the building into a branch of the National Museum of Contemporary Art. On Wednesday, the culture minister, Choung Byoung-gug, cut the tape at a groundbreaking ceremony for the museum just east of Gyeongbok Palace. Construction is slated to finish by the end of 2012. Not everyone is happy. Kim Byung-jin, 56, says turning the building known as Kimusa into a