The plan to conclude military agreements between south Korea and Japan has entered the stage of its implementation, the editorial noted, and continued:

The authorities claim south Korea is going to conclude those agreements with Japan as both sides have common security goals and there is no need to worry about them as they are low in their level. But in reality they are aimed at knocking into shape the triangular military alliance.

The triangular alliance involving south Korea, U.S. and Japan is quite contrary to the wishes of the south Koreans as it means restoring the confrontation structure in the past era of the Cold War.

There is no justification for the authorities to talk about the security cooperation with Japan which shows no trust in the issue of settling its past crimes.