This photo taken Sept. 12, 2012, shows a grand, aging, red-brick house in Washington, concealed by a pair of towering magnolia trees that has become an unlikely setting for South Korea's festering grievances against Japan that are 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, imperial Japan bought it for a nominal $5 fee then sold it off. Now South Korea has reacquired it for $3.5 million and plans to use the building to showcase its history _ a jab at modern-day Japan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
