Asian Morning: Pence, in South Korea, Calls North Korea Missile Launch 'a Provocation'

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, April 17, 2017 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World](#world) | [Business](#business) | [Technology](#technology) | [Sports](#sports) | [U.S. News](#usnews) | [Opinion](#opinion) [] Top News [Vice President Mike Pence, center, and his wife, Karen Pence, greeted soldiers and their family members on Sunday at an Easter dinner at a military base in Seoul, South Korea.]( [Pence, in South Korea, Calls North Korea Missile Launch 'a Provocation']( By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS The vice president is beginning a 10-day tour of Asia and will meet Monday with the acting president of South Korea. [North Korea's first submarine-launched ballistic missile, the Pukguksong-1, was among the hardware displayed Saturday in the capital, Pyongyang.]( [North Korean Missile Launch Fails, and a Show of Strength Fizzles]( By CHOE SANG-HUN, DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD The timing was an embarrassment for Kim Jong-un, because the launch appeared to have been intended to coincide with the approach of a fleet of American warships. [Kashmiri protesters threw stones on Sunday at Indian paramilitary soldiers during a protest in Srinagar, Kashmir.]( [Indian Army Ties Kashmiri Man to Jeep and Parades Him Through Villages]( By SAMEER YASIR and ELLEN BARRY Video showing the man apparently being used as a human shield heightened tensions with Kashmir's separatist movement, which has repeatedly called for election boycotts. [Women in India's Bihar State marching to the cornfield where they had discovered illegal moonshine.]( [Alcohol Ban Succeeds as Women Warn, 'Behave, or We'll Get Tough']( By GEETA ANAND The women of Bihar State, one of India's poorest, have enthusiastically welcomed a strict prohibition law, and often take matters into their own hands. 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[The funeral for those killed in the Palm Sunday suicide bombing at St. Mark's Cathedral in Alexandria, Egypt.]( [After Church Bombings, Egyptian Christians Are Resigned but Resolute]( By DECLAN WALSH Attacks on two churches that killed 45 people remind Copts of a 2011 bombing that has never been solved. [An image from a video of the buses that were damaged in a bombing near Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday.]( [Dozens Killed as Blast Strikes Convoy Carrying Evacuated Syrians]( By BEN HUBBARD and HWAIDA SAAD The bomb attack interrupted a deal between the government and the rebels to evacuate people from four villages that have suffered prolonged sieges. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World]( [] Business [A demonstration last May in Hanoi after a chemical spill at a Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation plant. The spill devastated fishing communities along Vietnam's central coast.]( [Vietnamese Leader Halts Work on Steel Plant Over Threat of Chemical Spill]( By REUTERS The prime minister stopped construction on a $10 billion plant, aiming to prevent a spill like the one last year at another steel plant that caused an environmental disaster. [A drilling rig on Alaska's North Slope in 2007.]( [BP Struggles to Control Damaged Well in Alaskan Arctic]( By CLIFFORD KRAUSS Crews have been battling frigid winds to secure the well, which began spewing natural gas vapors on Friday. No injuries were reported. [An installer putting in a drip irrigation line at Harborside Farms, a large marijuana grower in California's Salinas Valley.]( [Marijuana Goes Industrial in California]( By THOMAS FULLER Growers are moving to large farms in the Salinas Valley, threatening the state's smaller cannabis farmers and inspiring fears of a glut. [An advertising campaign by the body care line Éclair Naturals.]( On Advertising [Marketing Natural Body Care Products, With a Side of Activism]( By JANE L. LEVERE With sales of organic and natural beauty and personal products on the rise, companies are courting customers who lead a "holistic lifestyle." For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business]( [] Technology [Slack Technologies' offices in San Francisco. The company's messaging system has been successful with small businesses, and it is working to attract more large corporate clients.]( [Slack, an Upstart in Messaging, Now Faces Giant Tech Rivals]( By KATIE BENNER Microsoft and Facebook have rolled out competing tools. But Slack's chief executive says small tech companies with new ideas have a history of defeating the big guys. 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Sports Briefing [Cavaliers Hold Off Pacers to Open Playoffs With a Win]( By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LeBron James, playing in his 200th playoff game, had 32 points, 13 assists and 6 rebounds for Cleveland while winning his 18th straight first-round game. [The Cardinals' Yadier Molina, left, and Adam Wainwright earlier this month. They have 219 regular-season starts together. The last combo with more? Mike Scioscia and Fernando Valenzuela.]( [A Baseball Battery That Hasn't Lost Its Charge]( By TYLER KEPNER No current combination of catcher and starting pitcher has lasted longer than the Cardinals' Yadier Molina and Adam Wainwright. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports]( [] U.S. News [The National Security Agency campus in Fort Meade, Md. The agency has the target of leaks from a hacking group that calls itself the Shadow Brokers.]( [Hacking Group Claims N.S.A. Infiltrated Mideast Banking System]( By NICOLE PERLROTH The group, which calls itself the Shadow Brokers, said the agency had broken into the international bank messaging system called Swift. [D. J. Gribbin, an infrastructure specialist on the White House's National Economic Council, with President Trump this month. Mr. Gribbin used to work for Macquarie, a bank that specializes in infrastructure and stands to gain from such undertakings.]( [With Trump Appointees, a Raft of Potential Conflicts and 'No Transparency']( By ERIC LIPTON, BEN PROTESS and ANDREW W. LEHREN President Trump is populating the federal government with former lobbyists who in many cases are influencing policy in industries where they were recently paid. [Representative Mike Conaway, Republican of Texas, will oversee the House Intelligence Committee investigation into Russian election meddling.]( [Mike Conaway Emerges From Relative Obscurity to Lead House Russia Inquiry]( By EMMARIE HUETTEMAN Mr. Conaway, a Texas Republican who is the chairman of the Agriculture Committee, is the accidental heir to a potentially explosive investigation. [Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump in the Rose Garden of the White House this month.]( [Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump: Pillars of Family-Driven West Wing]( By PETER BAKER, GLENN THRUSH and MAGGIE HABERMAN As the president has soured on Stephen K. Bannon, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have emerged as President Trump's most important advisers, at least for now. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Opinion Op-Ed | Aatish Taseer [Anatomy of a Lynching]( By AATISH TASEER A mentality of mob violence has overtaken India. 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