HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Record of 17th-day of 10th regular session of Second Amyotha Hluttaw.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Over 70 trainees from KBC Camp, villages in Myitkyina complete TVET...MoHS, MNMC discuss standards for private nursing schools...Border affairs minister inspects Chin State development...Missing police from 17 Dec. Maungtaw border action found killed...Electrical fire breaks out in Thaton...Mandalay hosts 3rd Small-Scale Industrial Products, Myanmar Arts & Crafts exhibition...Undentified metal object falls from sky in Hkamti...Men arrested for illegel timber transport in Kyaukme...Mandalay property market recently cool with renting only...Day 3 of ‘All Who Can Read Should Read’ campaign in Nay Pyi Taw...Myanmar National Human Rights Commission Press Release 12/2018...Arkha ethnic tribe celebrate traditional new year in Monghsat...Shop owners protest eviction from department owned land...71st Anniversary Independence Day National Objectives...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued at 7:00 pm Saturday 22nd December, 2018).....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar-South Korea bilateral trade up 31% in October...Mineral exports continue downward trend this fiscal year...Myanmar youth teams to compete in invitational football tourney in Hong Kong...English Lesson 13/14.....OPINION: "Moving forward with genuine loving-kindness''.....ARTICLE: "The Essence of Independence" - By Maung Nyane Aye..."WHAT ONE SHOULD RESOLVE AT THE BEGINNING OF NEW YEAR" - By Laura Htet UDE English..."The Prisoners of Ageing" - Ms. Moon Final year Honours ( English ) Dagon University..."Trouble of Ignorance" - By Nwe Phyo (Cherry Land) Pyae Phyo..."I REGRETTED" - By A W Khin Myat Phone Grade 11 A, BEHS 4, Botahtaun