11.   But Goh said it was up to Lee, who has already offered an unprecedented public apology, to decide whether to retract the remarks which outraged the neighbour.

12.   The unprecedented apology, in English, was followed by a Korean language version carried by Pyongyang Radio, MBC television said here.

13.   The unprecedented apology, in English, was followed by a Korean language version carried by Pyongyang Radio, aired by television stations in the South.

14.   Washington on Sunday welcomed an unprecedented apology from North Korea for a submarine incursion into South Korean waters.

15.   Lee had earlier Thursday issued an unprecedented public apology for his remarks on Johore which ignited a fresh diplomatic row between the two neighbours.

16.   Lee tendered an unprecedented public apology to Malaysia last Thursday.

17.   North Korea made an unprecedented apology Sunday for a submarine incursion into South Korean waters, giving a major boost to peace hopes for the volatile peninsula.

18.   The BBC was forced to broadcast an almost unprecedented apology, more than a minute long.