Bringing to light how the treaty was fabricated and its illegality, the statement held that the annexation of Korea was state terrorism and criminal gangsterism conducted by Japan in a bid to subordinate an independent nation to it.

Disclosing in detail that the Japanese imperialist aggressors had enforced a brutal and bloody colonial rule after occupying Korea, it said:

The statement, issued by the Japanese prime minister on the occasion of the centenary of the enforcement of "Korea-Japan annexation", is of no value as it did not mention an apology and reparation to the DPRK.

Japan should make apology and reparation to the DPRK for its past crimes and return all cultural artifacts it plundered.