DOMESTIC NEWS: Field survey for Maungtaw restoration...Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker attends Pre Christmas Celebration...100 Myanmar books comes out in early 2018...Urea Fertilizer planned to sell under tender system...Myanmar?s largest corporations lend support to save wild elephants ...Sisters killed in auto accident...Beekeepers prepare to produce honey this blooming season...Police arrest knife-wielding robbers within one day...Strength of the nation lies within...Doctors provide free treatment in Rakhine State...Kayin new year ceremony held in Minhla...Ethnic Kayins celebrate New Year...Queen of traditional songs celebrates 75th Birthday...Old and new batch of outstanding students celebrate...JCB Football Clinic and friendly tournament launched in Yangon.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Htin Kyaw and First Lady return from Japan...Bilateral talks centred on inviting over Japanese Investment...813 jade lots sold at 2017 Mid-Year Myanma Jade and Gems Emporium...Special Representative visits Myanmar to strengthen its cooperation with UN ...China donates USD 0.5m for peace process...Rubber export at border gates in November increases against October...Bangladesh increases imports of freshwater fish from Sittway border...Myanmar?s agriculturalist and horticulturalist group to join the 5 Assam International AgriHorti Show 2018 in India...Myanmar-Middle East trade tops $257 million in current FY...Antivenom to place on export market in early 2018 ...Without Regional Collaboration, Southeast Asia Will Struggle in the Fourth Industrial Revolution...Ethnic Kayins celebrate New Year...First Tibetan Cultural Exhibition in Shwedagon Pagoda...Myanmar football star Kyaw Ko Ko likely to transfer to Chiang Rai United..... "OPINION": "Water needed for everyone" - ARTICLE: "Natural Beauty of Lisu Nationals" - Maung Maung Kyaw