DOMESTIC NEWS: Noteworthy amounts of rainfall (14-5-2012)...Union Minister for Information and for Culture meets EC members of MMPO...Special Appellate Bench judges 12 special civil appeal cases, hears five...International Cooperatives Day sales festival commences...Mechanic course opens...Aswedaw Library opened...Private Microfinance Development Supporting Committee holds coord meeting...Training courses of UMFCCI conclude...Labour laws and bylaws briefed...Palethwe hybird paddy harvested in Einme...New school building handed over in Hmawby Township...Sub-power station launched for supply of electricity...Orchid Nurturing Course 1-8 June...Bo tree watered for 11th time in Insein Township..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein welcomes ROK President Mr Lee Myung-bak...President U Thein Sein meets ROK counterpart...Myanmar delegate arrives back from Dhaka after attending cultural diversity meeting...63rd ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology (COST) Meeting held...Member of CPC Central Politburo calls on Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker U Khin Aung Myint...Delegation led by Member of CPC Central Politburo arrives in Mandalay...Myanmar, Philippines to cooperate in agricultural sectors...President U Thein Sein hosts dinner to goodwill delegation led by ROK President...President of Republic of Korea Mr Lee Myung-bak arrives in Nay Pyi Taw...Union Foreign Affairs Minister attends Ministerial Meeting of Coordinating Bureau of Non-Aligned Movement...Import permit for migrant workers allowed...Seintalon mango fruits of Mandalay exported...Child-centred academic system discussed in Mandalay...MLF invites cash, book donations...Entrance fee for cultural sites in Mandalay...Myanmar wants ROK to share its experience of democratic reform, economic development and promoting living conditions of citizens - President U Thein Sein -- It is right choice Myanmar takes HRD as sine qua non for development - President Mr Lee Myung-bak...President U Thein Sein meets goodwill delegation led by CPC Central Politburo member..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Never ending task" [reforms]