DOMESTIC NEWS: Prez, First Lady, State Counsellor have X’mas, NY Eve lunch with Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker...Thiri Mingalar Kaba Aye Pagoda paved with natural clay on upper terrace...Construction Minister opens road, bridge in Taninthayi Region...Union Minister Dr Win Myat Aye attends 4th Myanmar Festival of Artists with Disabilities...Whatever we do, we must keep in mind the good of our Union...Rakihine State Chief Minister inspects housings for civil service personnel in Kyaukpyu...Human fossils found on side of Yangon-Mandalay Highway...Foundation laying for Yangon-Dala bridge 60% complete...Police seize K1.3bln worth stimulant tablets in Monghsat...Third Myanmar falconry championship held in Mandalay...‘Musth’ elephant which killed 3 men captured...2020, 72nd Anniversary Independence Day National Objectives...Volleyball friendly: Myanmar youth team test with Japanese amateur team.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar’s corn exports halve in 2019-2020FY...Trade at Muse crosses $1.2 bln as of 13 Dec...Exports shoot up by $976.57 mln in current fiscal...Myanmar Travel Film Investment introduced in Beijing...Youth star Myat Kaung Khant joins Thai club Chainat Hornbill...MFF looking for new women’s national team head coach.....OPINION: "‘Football for Schools’ program can help children learn life skills".....ARTICLE: "Commemorating 45 Years of Myanmar-Korea Friendship" - By Professor Chaw Chaw Sein, Ph.D. (University of Yangon)..."Ramsar site: Inle" - By Maung Tha (Archaeology)