DOMESTIC NEWS: Minimum wage set at Ks4,800 per day...Repatriation, resettlement on track...2nd National-level Political dialogue?s CSO peace forum held in Nay Pyi Taw...Opening ceremony of computer training school held by Daw Khin Kyi Foundation...Malikha river crossing bridge to be opened soon...Meeting on IDP camps, freedom of movement matters held in Rakhine State...Arrangements are being made to allow repatriates to earn their living without any difficulty: Union Minister Dr Win Myat Aye...Repatriation, resettlement on track...YBS bidding winner to be announced 10 Jan...Yangon government to sell over 1,200 low-cost, affordable apartments...66th anniversary of Kayah State Day to be celebrated in Loikaw...Narcotic drugs worth Ks 330 million seized in Katha...Slight earthquake hits near Sagaing Region?s Kalewa...Licences for over 300 jewellery mining blocks to expire this month.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: YSX stock trading value in 2017 falls to one-third of 2016...Private sector imports of intermediate goods up by $1.48 billion...Efforts being made to export locally produced coconut oil to Europe...Cyber-savvy students bring honour to Myanmar...Myanmar?s 9-month border trade reaches $5.6 billion, an increase of $170million...Bilateral trade with China hit US$6.3 billion in first seven months of current FY...Online trading on YSX to start this month....."OPINION": "An extra-ordinary characteristic of national sovereignty".....ARTICLE: "Myanmar Independence Day for us to admire and value" - By Pantaung Than Kywe