Asian Morning: Trump Inherits a Secret Cyberwar Against North Korean Missiles

View in [Browser]( Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [Unsubscribe]( [The New York Times]( [NYT Apps]( | [[The New York Times] Today's Headlines]( Monday, March 6, 2017 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World](#world) | [Business](#business) | [Technology](#technology) | [Sports](#sports) | [U.S. News](#usnews) | [Opinion](#opinion) [] Top News [An image distributed by the North Korean government showing the country's leader, Kim Jong-un, visiting a missile test center in North Pyongan Province. Analysts say the pair of engines he is standing in front of could power an intercontinental ballistic missile.]( [Trump Inherits a Secret Cyberwar Against North Korean Missiles]( By DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD The United States has been trying to sabotage North Korea's missile program. President Trump must decide what to do next. [Hoping to Lure High-Level Defectors, South Korea Increases Rewards]( By CHOE SANG-HUN Defectors who arrive from the North with important information on the military or the regime's inner workings will get $860,000, up from $217,000. [Li Keqiang, China's premier, called on Sunday for economic growth this year of ]( [China Lowers Growth Target as Lawmakers Meet]( By KEITH BRADSHER and CHRIS BUCKLEY Before a meeting of the National People's Congress, Premier Li Keqiang defended the target as realistic and vowed to increase pollution monitoring. [Officials in U.S. and India Condemn Shooting of Sikh Man in Washington State]( By ELLEN BARRY A U.S. citizen of Indian origin was shot in the arm while in his driveway by a man who the victim said told him to "go back to your own country." For more top news, go to [NYTimes.com]( ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [Venturing outside the bias bubble.]( Critic's Notebook [How to Escape Your Political Bubble for a Clearer View]( By AMANDA HESS Want to see how the other half live-tweets? The technology that insulated you will now free you. [Soldiers guarding the Pakistani side of the border with Afghanistan. Pakistan has blocked border crossings between the two countries for nearly two weeks.]( [Closed Afghan-Pakistani Border Is Becoming 'Humanitarian Crisis']( By MUJIB MASHAL Thousands of Afghan visitors are stranded in Pakistan, and traders have been unable to move their vegetables and fruit across for nearly two weeks. [] World [Women waiting in the early morning at a water collection point in a camp for displaced people in Bentiu, South Sudan, last month. War has driven millions from their homes.]( [War Consumes South Sudan, a Young Nation Cracking Apart]( By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN Conflict has spread to even peaceful areas, and government-backed militias burn down villages, drive millions from their homes, and massacre and gang-rape civilians. [American armored forces patrol on Friday near Manbij in northern Syria.]( [U.S. Strengthens Its Forces in a Crowded Syrian Battlefield]( By MICHAEL R. GORDON American presence near Manbij, in northern Syria, has increased as concerns have grown that fighting could erupt among militias and Syrian and Turkish troops there. [Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria, will close on Wednesday for repair work, threatening the meager livelihoods of many service people and vendors.]( Abuja Journal [Airport Will Temporarily Shut, Disrupting a Nigerian Lifeline]( By DIONNE SEARCEY Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja will close while its runway is repaired, causing travel problems and upending the lives of vulnerable workers. [Roxana Orellana Santos, 37, has filed a civil rights lawsuit claiming she was racially profiled at the time of her arrest in 2008.]( [Migrants Confront Judgment Day Over Old Deportation Orders]( By VIVIAN YEE Unauthorized immigrants who have stayed in the United States after being ordered deported have emerged as an easy target of the Trump administration's aims. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World]( [] Business [An Opel dealership in Marseille, France.]( [G.M. Near Deal to Sell Opel to Peugeot Maker, PSA]( By JACK EWING The purchase by PSA Group, which also owns Citroën, would create the second-largest car company in Europe, after Volkswagen. [Jim Rogers says North Korea may provide exciting investment opportunities, but he has learned it can also create complications.]( [Jim Rogers, Intrepid Investor, Finds Bumpy Road to North Korea]( By PATRICK BOEHLER and RYAN MCMORROW The famous investor sees promise in the isolated country but claims he was surprised to find that a firm doing business there listed him as a shareholder. [Dennis T. Jaffe said his research with James Grubman suggested that President Trump was rooted in the ]( Wealth Matters [The Three Different Flavors of Family Businesses]( By PAUL SULLIVAN Two psychologists have identified distinguishing cultures - revolving around honor, individualism and obligation - that they say shed light on potential frictions. [Laura Callens, 52, at home in Rochester. After her husband died, she left a job as a school admissions director and chose to become a nurse. She will soon work in the same hospital unit that treated her husband.]( [In the Middle of a Career, and Finding a New One]( By CONSTANCE GUSTKE Job-seekers of a certain age may be daunted by the idea of reinventing themselves. But The Times spoke to a few professionals who did just that, by repurposing their skills and becoming tech-savvy. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business]( [] Technology Bits [Farhad's and Mike's Week in Tech: Uber, Oh Boy.]( By FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC Snap debuted on the New York Stock Exchange and raised over $3 billion. And three new blows to Uber. [Gamers tried out the coming Nintendo Switch video game console in Tokyo in January.]( [Nintendo Switch, and the Unconventional Hype for an Unusual Game Console]( By NICK WINGFIELD The Japanese company has been whetting the appetites of gamers for months. Will it be enough to persuade them to buy its new device? For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Tech]( [] Sports [On the 17th green Thursday during a World Golf Championships event in Mexico were, from left, Dustin Johnson, currently the world's No. 1-ranked golfer, Hideki Matsuyama and Rory McIlroy.]( On Golf [The No. 1 Ranking in Golf: What Does It Mean to the Players?]( By KAREN CROUSE Since Rory McIlroy ascended to No. 1 for the first time five years ago this weekend, the top ranking has exchanged hands 19 times among seven players. [Phillip Hughes during a match in 2011. His death during a game in 2014 spurred calls for more safety protections.]( [Allowing Substitutes After Head Injuries in Cricket Meets Resistance]( By TIM WIGMORE A sport that traditionally does not allow player substitutions ponders growing concerns over concussions, and whether to change its rules. [Jose Reyes, left, after the Dominican Republic won the 2013 World Baseball Classic in San Francisco.]( On Baseball [It's Hard to Be Excited About World Baseball Classic When U.S. Players Aren't]( By TYLER KEPNER When many of the best American players, especially pitchers, stay with their major league teams rather than play in the tournament, it sends a powerful message to fans. [Roberto Gallinat of South Plains College delivered a dunk in a game against New Mexico Junior College last month in Levelland, Tex.]( [Team Plagiarizes Golden State Warriors. Team Is Undefeated.]( By SCOTT CACCIOLA This Texas college coach hasn't seen Golden State in person. But he knows good basketball, and his team has mimicked the Warriors to perfection. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports]( [] U.S. News [President Trump boarded Air Force One on Sunday en route to Washington from a weekend visit to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla.]( [Comey Asks Justice Dept. to Reject Trump's Wiretapping Claim]( By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MICHAEL D. SHEAR The F.B.I. director wants the Justice Department to refute Mr. Trump's contention that Barack Obama ordered the tapping of his phones, a claim that Mr. Comey says is false, officials said. [A poster shown during a news conference in 2012. At left is how the former F.B.I. agent Robert A. Levinson looked in a video released by his kidnappers in 2007. At right is a composite image of how he might look after five years in captivity.]( [Trump Under Pressure to Resolve the Disappearance of Robert Levinson]( By BARRY MEIER and ADAM GOLDMAN Mr. Levinson, a former F.B.I. agent, vanished in Iran in March 2007. Candidate Trump promised to bring him home. The Iranians have denied involvement. [People shooting firearms at a screen at an exhibit last May during the National Rifle Association Convention in Louisville, Ky. The gun-rights group lobbied against a rule that would have effectively prevented most people with disabling mental illnesses from purchasing firearms.]( [Leashes Come Off Wall Street, Gun Sellers, Miners and More]( By ERIC LIPTON and BINYAMIN APPELBAUM In a flurry of deregulation, the Trump administration has already suspended or reversed more than 90 rules. And industry is clamoring for more. [Talia Pershall cleaning up at White's Foodliner grocery store in Pawnee in September after a quake in north-central Oklahoma.]( [Pawnee Nation Sues Oklahoma Oil Companies in Tribal Court Over Earthquake Damage]( By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The tribe, exerting its sovereignty, brought the case over property damage caused by a 5.8-magnitude quake in September likely caused by fracking. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Opinion [Buttons at the Conservative Political Action Conference last month.]( Op-Ed | Steven Rattner [Tax Credits Are No Substitute for Obamacare]( By STEVEN RATTNER Republican plans to replace Affordable Care Act subsidies with tax credits would shortchange millions of working class Americans. Opinion [This Is the Russia You're So Afraid Of?]( By MARIA ANTONOVA Vladimir Putin projects Russian might, but a decaying provincial town tells a different story. [The military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.]( Opinion [How Our Strategy Against Terrorism Gave Us Trump]( By JON FINER and ROBERT MALLEY A bipartisan obsession with Islamist terrorism has distorted America's understanding of its interests and poisoned our politics. 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