DOMESTIC NEWS: Myingyan officials under fire over ward voting...Ward administrator selection process prompts complaints...No end in sight to conflict in Kachin State, says mediator...Kickboxing fans prepare for pint-sized bout at Dagon semis...?SNDP pushes Shan party merger...SNLD prepares for peace seminar in Shan State...Union ministers apologise to monks over November 29 raid...Mandalay cemetery chief denies report of girl?s death...Women?s group calls for more reps in hluttaw...Education key to fighting land grabs...Govt rescinds ban on monastery HIV care...Min Yu Wai gets lifetime prize...Artists join NLD for fundraiser...Kachin fighting intensifies: sources...?Irrawaddy? hits the streets...At film awards, change is in the air..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: ICRC jail visits to resume in early 2013...SEA Games: breaking the budget?...Company looking to compromise, say miners...US to open military ties soon, says official...Thilawa to open in 2015, govt touts job creation...?Dire need? for data on population: UNFPA...Ministry, UN launch project for first census in 30 years...DragonAir to launch Hong Kong flights on Jan 9, MAI to follow...Confusion over migrant deadline...NGO pledges more media support...WHO findings to help fight malaria drug resistance...Electricity price on the rise...Govt to draft first worker safety law...New Parami bridge connects North Dagon, South Okkalapa...Yangon lit fest aims to overcome culture of one-way lecture...Film to explore hard life of migrants ..... BUSINESS: Myanmar travel buzz builds for 2013...Govt to allow VOA for visitors from 22 nations...Lean and mean? new airline shocks rivals with cut-price fares...Dawei backers court Japanese investors...Govt takes lead on extractive industries...Japanese back Myanmar electrics...Woodside gets deal for another Myanmar license...Thais tie up a new net factory deal...BGH to move into Myanmar...Vietnam inks $300m development deal.....TIMEOUT: Huge crowd cheers Mraz, local singers...People?s Square earns its name with a concert for the masses...Kengtong festival celebrates Shan culture.....FOOD AND DRINK.....SOCIALITE.....Events Flash.....YOUR STARS.....CLASSIFIEDS.....SPORT