It noted that the economic growth rate has plummeted and the gap between the rich and the poor has widened, increasing disillusionment with the authorities as the days go by.

The political camp is preoccupied with the moves to maintain power by dint of all sorts of gimmicks rather than administering politics for the people, it said, and went on:

The situation is little different from that more than 100 years back when Korea was deprived of sovereignty sandwiched among neighboring big powers.

The situation in south Korea hit hard by a lot of troubles at home and abroad is similar to that 106 years ago when "the Korea-Japan Annexation Treaty" was fabricated.

CBS called on the Koreans not to disregard the present disgrace but to draw the historic lesson.