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Maryland, Amazon, World Cup | View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Friday, June 29, 2018 [NYTimes.com »]( Asia Edition [Your Friday Briefing]( By INYOUNG KANG AND CHARLES MCDERMID Good morning. South Korea’s ruling on military service, the saga of the missing Thai soccer team, and remembering an Aboriginal Australian woman. Here’s what you need to know: Pool photo by Kim Hong-Ji • President Trump’s trade threats are taking their toll on China’s economy. The main [Chinese stock market is down more than 20 percent]( since January, making it a bear market, and the currency is down more than 5 percent from its peak in February. If investors didn’t have enough to worry about: An internal government analysis that was widely circulated on social media this week said that “in China there is currently a high probability of financial panic” because of the looming trade dispute. The turmoil comes as the U.S. defense secretary, Jim Mattis, visited the region to shore up alliances. Mr. Mattis met with his counterpart in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday, above, to [reaffirm Washington’s commitment]( to thwarting North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. And the White House said the first formal summit meeting between [Mr. Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia]( is scheduled to take place in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16. _____ Torsten Blackwood/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images • Australia passed its most significant [counterintelligence overhaul since the 1970s](. The new legislation bans foreign interference in politics and criminalizes those who damage Australia’s economic relations with another country. “It’s a big deal,” one expert said. “It modernizes our intelligence laws at a time when the government’s saying that the spying threat is extremely high.” Australia is especially anxious about Chinese power. The new laws are similar to — but more far-reaching than — those passed in Britain and the U.S. after 9/11. _____ Ahn Young-Joon/Associated Press • South Korea’s border with the North is one of the most heavily armed in the world. All eligible South Korean men are currently required to serve for 21 to 24 months in the military. (North Korean men typically serve for a decade.) But in a landmark decision, South Korea’s [Constitutional Court ruled that the government must provide civilian forms of service]( to conscientious objectors. The South has prosecuted more young men for conscientious objection — almost all of them Jehovah’s Witnesses — than any other country, with up to three years in prison for those who refuse to serve. _____ Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press • Five people were killed in a [shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland]( and several others were “gravely injured,” the authorities said. A reporter at the newspaper [said on Twitter]( that a “gunman shot through the glass door to the office and opened fire on multiple employees.” The gunman is in custody and is being interrogated. This is a developing story. Check back for more updates. _____ Jenna Schoenefeld for The New York Times • The announcement of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement [delivered a powerful jolt to the U.S.]( at a fragile time. The [political war over replacing him]( was already started. Here’s [what we can expect]( in the coming months. The Supreme Court this week also overturned Korematsu v. U.S., the 1944 ruling that upheld the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. For many survivors, including the actor George Takei, above, the [decision felt like a hollow victory](. “It’s an insult to people who spent their lives fighting,” he said. Business • Apple and Samsung settled a closely watched, [seven-year legal battle over smartphone patents](. “And if I had to characterize it,” one observer said, “it didn’t really accomplish anything.” • Amazon said it will buy PillPack, an online pharmacy, [sending anxiety through the U.S. drug business.]( Shares of Walgreens and Rite Aid dropped more than 10 percent on the news, and CVS Health dropped 9 percent. • “L’affaire Lafarge.” The French cement giant [Lafarge SA is under formal investigation]( over allegations that it financed terrorist groups, including the Islamic State, in Syria. • Snapped up: Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion in 2012. It’s now been [valued at 100 times that price](. • China put limits on movie stars’ salaries in a bid to [stop “money worship” and tax evasion]( in the entertainment industry. • U.S. stocks [were up](. Here’s a snapshot of [global markets](. In the News Linh Pham/Getty Images • Thailand’s search intensifies: Rescuers considered drilling through a mountain to reach the flooded cave where a missing youth soccer team was thought to be trapped. The nation remains captivated by the saga. [[The New York Times]( • In Mumbai, a chartered plane crashed into a construction site, killing all four people onboard and at least one pedestrian. [[The New York Times]( • A man wielding a kitchen knife killed two boys outside an elementary school in Shanghai. [[The New York Times]( • China and Russia are pushing to eliminate human rights jobs from United Nations peacekeeping missions. The move comes as the U.S. presses for the U.N. to lower spending. [[The New York Times]( • The “Witness K” affair: A former Australian spy who exposed an intelligence operation in East Timor and his lawyer are facing criminal prosecution. [[ABC]( • Climate change could sharply diminish living conditions for up to 800 million people in South Asia, a new study warned. [[The New York Times]( • The paradox of Europe’s migration crisis: “The actual number of arriving migrants is back to its pre-2015 level, even as the politics of migration continue to shake the Continent,” our correspondent writes. [[The New York Times]( • The British Museum accepted a donation of hundreds of rare Chinese ivory carvings despite a growing backlash and a coming ban. [[The New York Times]( • From the World Cup: Japan advanced to the second round despite losing to Poland, 1-0. South Korea is out, but its defeat of Germany [won the team hordes of Mexican fans](. “Korean, brother, you are Mexican now,” many chanted as they rallied at the South’s embassy in Mexico City. [[The New York Times]( Smarter Living Tips, both new and old, for a more fulfilling life. Amrita Marino • How to plan the perfect trip [with your significant other](. • How airline stopover programs [can work for you](. • Recipe of the day: Want to tackle a project this weekend? A [strawberry Pavlova]( is a worthy and delicious challenge. Noteworthy Tobias Titz • In memoriam. [Daisy Kadibil]( 95, an Aboriginal Australian]( who trekked hundreds of miles across the Outback to return home after the government forcibly separated her from her parents when she was a girl. The treacherous journey inspired a film, “Rabbit-Proof Fence.” • They said #MeToo and shared their stories. But as the movement grew, [what became of those who stepped forward?]( Ashley Judd, Gwyneth Paltrow and 18 others reveal what happened afterward. • And Mao 101: [This dispatch from Beijing]( goes inside a Chinese classroom that is training future Communist leaders. “We’ve learned democracy just can’t last long here,” one student said. Back Story Associated Press Edson Arantes do Nascimento’s family calls him Dico. The rest of the world calls him Pelé. The [soccer legend]( helped [Brazil win its first World Cup]( on this day in 1958, above. [He once explained that his nickname was likely born]( when a classmate teased him after he mispronounced the name of a goalie who played with his father: Bilé. His name became one of the most well-known on the planet after his [stellar World Cup play]( — he helped Brazil to three titles in all. “There are parts of the world,” Pelé [said about his fame]( “where Jesus Christ is not so well known.” Still, he hasn’t always cared for the moniker. “Pelé? Who is Pelé?” he [wrote in The Players’ Tribune]( in 2016. “Your name is Edson, and your parents named you after Thomas Edison, the American inventor.” They did so because electricity was brought to their town just before he was born, according to [his autobiography](. He [also described the anger]( he felt toward the classmate who coined the name, which he said sounds like baby talk in Portuguese: “First I glared at him, then I hit him.” Then he was suspended from school — but “Pelé” stuck. “Over the years,” he said, “I’ve learnt to live with two persons in my heart.” Robb Todd wrote today’s Back Story. _____ This briefing was prepared for the Asian morning. You can also [sign up]( to get the briefing in the Australian, European or American morning. [Sign up here]( to receive an Evening Briefing on U.S. weeknights. Browse our full range of Times newsletters [here](. What would you like to see here? Contact us at [asiabriefing@nytimes.com](mailto:asiabriefing@nytimes.com?subject=Briefing%20Feedback%20(Asia)). LIKE THIS EMAIL? Forward it to your friends, and let them know they can sign up [here](. 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