Seoul urged not to repeat historical mistakes

Beijing on Friday slammed the remarks that the Republic of Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol made on the Battle of Lake Changjin, saying that practices of bullying the weak and engaging in expansion and invasion are destined to lose.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning made the remarks after Yoon in a state visit to Washington applauded the United States' 1st Marine Division for "miraculously breaking through" a wave of 120,000 Chinese troops in the battle during the 1950-53 Korean War.

He made the comments on Thursday when addressing the joint meeting of the US Congress, in an attempt to hail the alliance between Washington and Seoul.