[Livia]

Originally Posted by lostalex

How much closer could we be with them? They are already basically the 56th state (after Canada, Uk, Australia, NZ, and Israel)

When I said "we", I was referring to the UK. Our politicians - from Cameron down to constituency MPs - have spent a lot of time in China this year. I think some of that time would have been better spent fostering relations with South Korea.