The editorial said that the "agreement" was made according to the U.S. plan, to all intends and purposes. Prior to the talks, the U.S. informed the present regime and the Japanese authorities that the U.S. would make public a statement hailing the "agreement", the editorial noted.

The "agreement" is a political collusion among the U.S., Japan and south Korea and the second humiliating agreement, it said, and went on:

The "agreement" without an official apology and legal reparation is null and void.

The grave crimes committed in the era of Japanese imperialism including the issue of sexual slavery for the Imperial Japanese Army should be properly settled.