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Downing North Korea’s Internet not much of a scalp

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By Jeremy Wagstaff SINGAPORE (Reuters) – If someone did just knock North Korea off the Internet for half a day, it wouldn’t have taken much.

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Online shopping spotlights trade wishes for small businesses

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By Krista Hughes WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Booming online shopping is turning more small businesses into exporters and pushing issues like duty-free limits and customs duties higher up the wish lists for upcoming free-trade deals. Retailer Colleen Rast, who sells new brand-name apparel and vintage collectibles through eBay and Amazon, was hit with a $150 customs bill when a New Zealand boutique returned a shipment with a retail value of $1,000.

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South Korea steps up cyber security at nuclear plants

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By Jack Kim and Meeyoung Cho SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea boosted cyber security at the country's nuclear power plants on Tuesday following what President Park Geun-hye described as a series “grave” data leaks, and prosecutors said they were investigating a new online threat. Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co Ltd (KHNP), which runs South Korea's 23 nuclear power reactors, said on Monday its computer systems had been hacked, raising alarm in a country that is still technically at war with North Korea. …