DOMESTIC NEWS: Myanmar Navy commissions seven vessels to commemorate 71st anniversary...Lt-Gen Ye Aung inspects human resource development training centres in Sagaing Region, development works in Chin State...New Maungtaw District Court opens in Rakhine State...Union Minister Thura U Aung Ko attends cornerstone laying for religious building in Yangon...Pyinmana gets new Paradiso Cinema...Mandalay sees two social security clinics open...President’s Office continues announcement of illegal drug arrests, seizures acting on tip-offs...1st Anniversary Independence Day National Objectives.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor launches Myanmar-Korea Friendship Bridge (Dala) project...Myanmar, Thailand discuss cooperation insurance, securities, exchange sectors...Heads of Service Organizations transferred and confirmed...Myanmar wins gold medals in Lion Cup events of Southeast Asian Amateur Golf Team Championship 2018.....OPINION: "Keeping Independence Day Objectives in Mind".....ARTICLES: "Let’s Protect Myanma’s Independence for Eternity with Collective Strength" - By SHWE TAING LWIN