The editorial said the Japan-south Korea "agreement" which was cooked up despite the opposition of the victims of the sexual slavery last year is being implemented.

It accused Japan of putting pressure on the south Korean authorities to pull down the girl statue while paying money and insisting it is one of the issues of implementing the "agreement".

Japan explained several times that the money is not "reparation", an indication that it will never recognize its legal responsibility for its crimes and this means that it is not obliged to make reparation for them in the future, too.