PYONGYANG, North Korea, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- North Korean Premier Kim Yong Il told his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao his country has never given up its goal of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.

LONDON, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Alarmed that the Obama administration is losing momentum, the European Union is preparing a high-level lobbying effort in Washington to push for a strong U.S. commitment to prevent failure at this year's international conference on climate change.

BEIJING, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Taiwan's government is receiving strong criticism over its untimely and disorganized rescue efforts in the wake of Typhoon Morakot, which lashed Taiwan from Aug. 7-9. Public dissatisfaction could hurt the ruling Kuomintang Party in December's local elections and beyond.

BEIJING, July 21 (UPI) -- Beijing will use its central bank's international reserves, No. 1 in the world, to accelerate Chinese business expansion overseas, the country's premier said.

BEIJING, May 20 (UPI) -- China says it will send another purchasing mission to Europe, a sign of its growing reliance on the European Union for trade.

BEIJING, May 6 (UPI) -- Two-hundred Chinese stranded in Mexico and 150 Mexicans kept in China due to China's H1N1 flu concerns were allowed to go home, a Chinese official said.

WASHINGTON, April 15 (UPI) -- China clams to be leading the world out of recession, but don't forget to check the small print.

BEIJING, March 16 (UPI) -- China's losses on risky bets placed with its foreign reserve funds from 2007 through 2008 may have exceeded $80 billion, a foreign investment economist said.

CAMBRIDGE, England, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- British authorities say a student accused of throwing his shoe at China's premier has apologized but pleaded not guilty to a charge of public disorder.