Welcome to the Monkey HouseConfronting the ugly legacy of military prostitution in South Korea By Tim ShorrockThe New republic, December 2, 2019 Locals call it the Monkey House. The decaying, three-story cement fortress sits among weeds in the wooded, hilly outskirts of Dongducheon, a Korean city of 96,000 that encircles Camp Casey, the closest U.S. military base to North Korea..