S.Korea regains old embassy in U.S., snipes at Japan
Sept 14, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A grand, aging red-brick house in Washington concealed by a pair of towering magnolia trees has become an unlikely setting for South Korea's festering grievances against Japan and a sign of growing tensions between two staunch U.S. allies.More than a century ago, the building housed the first Korean diplomatic mission in the U.S. But shortly before annexing Korea in 1910, imperi