Pyongyang denies role in assassination

North Korea denied Thursday that its agents masterminded the assassination of the half-brother of leader Kim Jong Un, saying a Malaysian investigation into the death of one of its nationals is full of “holes and contradictions.”

The response came one day after Malaysian police said they were seeking two more North Koreans, including the second secretary of North Korea’s embassy in Kuala Lumpur in connection with the killing on Feb. 13 of Kim Jong Nam.