The editorial deplored that it took 14 years to extract sample for investigating the cause of the contamination which occurred in the U.S. military base in Ryongsan in 2001.

Pointing to the U.S. forces' secret introduction of active anthrax germs into south Korea and refusal to conduct investigation into the cause of contamination in the U.S. military base for 14 years, the editorial noted, adding that this is attributable to unreasonable SOFA.

It called for revising the humiliating agreement at once.