1.   North Korea issued an official apology for the incident.

2.   The company has made an official apology and is offering compensation.

3.   The company issued an official apology to its customers for its error.

4.   As the haze thickens over the nations of Southeast Asia, Indonesia has declared a state of emergency and issued an official apology to its neighbors.

5.   After more than a week of demanding that the United States offer an official apology and admit full responsibility for the incident, Chinese leaders settled for less.

6.   But if the Japanese government likes the response, it could be used as the basis for a more general official apology for Japanese conduct during the war.

7.   Chun and the plaintiffs refuse to accept the ashes of their loved ones until they get an official apology.

8.   For their part, some victims disdain official apologies as cheap substitutes for real reparations.

9.   For years, though, all efforts to exact an official apology, much less legal redress, achieved little.

10.   Gamble said the study legacy committee she heads had been pressing for months for an official apology.