DOMESTIC NEWS: Catholic Yangon Youth sing Christmas carols at Commander-in-Chief ’s home...New dispensary opens at Dagon Ayeyar Highway Bus Station...Volume 4, 5, 6 of classics series targeted to hit bookshelves in coming months...Union Attorney-General meets law officers, opens new law office in Maungtaw District...Deputy Minister for Information visits Global New Light of Myanmar press house...Union Minister Lt-Gen Ye Aung inspects development works in Falam, Thantlang, Hakha...Union Minister U Thant Sin Maung inspects work on Yangon Circular Railway...Over 1 mln books to be put on sale in Yangon...Sesame processing plant begins operations in Magway Region...Gov’t to work with global agencies to prevent spread of diseases from animals...Rakhine State Chief Minister visits Hla Pho Khaung Reception Centre, Kanyinchaung SEZ construction site...MHMF to elect new members for its executive committee...71st Anniversary Independence Day National Objectives...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued at 7:00 pm Sunday 23rd December, 2018)...Charity Cup 2019 to kick off in Yangon on 6 Jan .....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union Minister U Thaung Tun meets ROK Trade, Industry, Energy Minister...Myanmar-Thai Friendship Bicycle Rally flagged off in Kawthoung...November inflation up as commodity prices rise...Agricultural officials work to expand coffee acreage in Thandaunggyi...Trade with India up over 60% in October...H.E. U Soe Lynn Han Presents Credentials to King of the Netherlands...Aung La N Sang to face Ken Hasegawa in Japan.....OPINION: "Independence and Eternal Peace''.....ARTICLES: "Genuine Peace, Loving Kindness and Democracy" - By Innyatra