North Korea Sanctions

The phones feature Taiwanese semiconductors, batteries made in China and a version of Google's open-source Android operating system

'President Trump likes Chairman Kim and he doesn't think these sanctions will be necessary,' White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said

A US-hosted meeting of countries that backed South Korea during the 1950-53 Korea War also vowed to support renewed dialogue between the two Koreas

Among the sanctioned individuals were North Korea's military security officials and Labour Minister Jong Yong Su. North Korea's consul general in Shenyang, China

This ban will eventually starve the regime of an additional $500 million or more in annual revenues

The US has warned that time is running out to act

Sanctions came as Donald Trump has pressed Beijing to do more to convince its ally North Korea

The UN sanctions were in response to the North conducting its first two ICBM tests last month