DOMESTIC NEWS: Message sent by President U Win Myint to honour opening ceremony of 19th Anniversary Myanmar Traditional Medicine Practitioners Conference, Seminar...30th anniversary of Daw Khin Kyi’s death commemorated...Children rehearse songs, dances for Muse District Children’s Literature Festival...Mandalay University sets up museum in commemoration of Dr. Than Tun...Police destroy poppy fields in Hopong, Pinlaung, Hsihseng Tsps...Domestic gold rate on the rise in line with global market, but price dips due to dollar depreciation...Special trains available for New Year travelers...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued on Thursday 27 December 2018)...EARTHQUAKE NEWS.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Rehabilitation Dept, JPN collaborate to promote blind massage therapists...MoI discusses lowering fees for foreign filmmakers...Asian openbill storks, black cranes, ruddy shelducks hibernating around Meiktila lake...Tourists visit southern Myanmar on motorbikes...Myanmar, Bangladesh conduct coordinated patrol...Watermelon, muskmelon growers face huge losses on delayed entry into China...Myanmar football team to play friendlies in Oman, Qatar...Thai club Samut Prakan City F.C. signs Myanmar star Kyaw Ko Ko.....OPINION: "Ensuring human rights in an Independent country''.....ARTICLES: "Historical Gway Chaung fort: Myanmar’s model of reflective patriotism" - By Uncle Pyinnya