The south Korean authorities and Japan struck a deal on the issue of the above-said issue on Dec. 28 but Japan has nothing to lose and has little difference from the former stance, the editorial said, and went on:

Japan didn't make clear its legal and moral responsibility for the sexual slavery and omitted the expression of coercion involved.

In the "agreement", the essence of the above-said issue- that was a state-organized crime- was not mentioned.

Even international human rights organizations described the agreement as a political deal of Japan for evading its responsibility.

The humiliating "agreement" was the outcome of yielding to the U.S. pressure for knocking triangular military alliance into shape, the editorial noted, asking what nationality the authorities who inked the "agreement" are.