N. KOREAN ENTITIES HELP IRAN, SYRIA WMD

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has identified North Korean entitiesthat have facilitated the weapons of mass destruction programs in Iran andSyria. The Treasury Department has designated eight North Korean entities thatwere helping WMD and ballistic missile programs in Iran and Syria. Officialssaid all of the entities were state-owned and have already come under U.S.government sanctions.