here, in the skies over the country, there have also been increasing air incursions from russia and from china. we face probably the most existential security threat. as you know, 68km from seoul, you have north korea armed to the teeth with nuclear weapons and long range missiles and guns, but you also have china looming in the background, and the us is becoming weaker as we speak. so, even though the americans are our closest ally, we really have to spend much more money and attention on defence. what are we going to do now? another roll. 0k, 0k, 0k. the country has sought to pirouette between the world s great powers. it lies so close to china yet relies on the us to shield it from any potential war. president donald trump described that as freeloading , and it s made some in seoul question the strength of the alliance. so, we will continue to work very closely with our american allies, but we also want to leave room for more autonomous, self reliant defence. you want me to do a tu
and our seoul correspondent takes the g force test to fly fighter jets as she reports on south korea s defence spending spree. they are still officially at war with north korea. there have been increasing air incursions over the country. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc world news singapore, this is bbc world news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. let s start with a story that s been breaking in the past half hour. a usjury has found