DOMESTIC NEWS: Senior General Than Shwe accepts credentials of DPRK Ambassador; Senior General Than Shwe accepts credentials of Ambassador of the Republic of Panama; Myanmar Youth Selected Cricket Team leaves for Thailand; International Trade Course Programme-1 concludes; Doyen literati invited to attend respect paying ceremony; Lt-Gen Myint Swe opens Art Exhibition Glory of Emotion; Maj-Gen Khin Zaw manages development tasks in Thandwe; Myanmar men win, Myanmar women hold draw in football'; Objectives of the 60th Anniversary Independence Day; Maj-Gen Tha Aye gives instructions to personnel, servicemen in Bokpyin; Myanmar wins third in Wushu attack event; New building for Toungoo General Hospital opens; Lt-Gen Ye Myint inspects progress of Katha-Bhamo railroad, No 3 district-to-district road... "PERSPECTIVES": "North Yamar Supporting Dam irrigates vast farmland and generates electricity"... ARTICLE: "Hsinka Village has risen from poverty to prosperity" by Chit Naing (Psychology).