HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW/AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Ethnic excursion members visit Pyithu Hluttaw, Amyotha Hluttaw...Chair of Amyotha Hluttaw Education Promotion Committee meets local teachers in Maungtaw.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: UEHRD leads preparation to receive displaced persons in Rakhine State...Employers, employees voice objections to proposed minimum wage...MOI launches Online News Portal, Digital Newspaper...Pre-coordination meeting held for 18th Myanmar Traditional Practitioners? Conference...Message of Greetings sent by President U Htin Kyaw on the occasion of the 18th Anniversary of the Myanmar Traditional Medicine Practitioners Conference and Seminar...UEHRD leads preparation to receive displaced persons in Rakhine State...Food from hospital eateries pass FDA test...Ministry to build 4 bridges to aid local commodity flow...Situation schools which were closed following terrorist attacks on 25th August in 2017...Kaung Yar Village in Hpakant Township celebrates 70th Kachin State Day...Employers, employees voice objections to proposed minimum wages...Emergency PPST meeting held to resolve disagreements in national-level political dialogue preparation process stages...Kayin State receives more visitors...Dredging Chindwin River to be launched in February...Mandalay traffic accidents kill over 700 people in 2017...Yaba worth Ks20 million seized in Katha...Lisu traditional Khawshi New Year Festival to be held...Sedona Hotel Yangon hosts First Myanmar Food Festival...100 youths receive retail service skills...Samsung launches new Galaxy A8 Smartphone with Dual Front Camera and Large Infinity Display...Sagaing United ties Rakhine United in opening match of MNL...Yangon revels in win over Shan United.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Mekong-Lancang riverside security cooperation begins in Yangon...VP U Myint Swe returns from Cambodia...Korea-Myanmar friendship bridge (Dala) project launched...External trade income rose by $3.99 billion this FY...Bilateral trade with India hits over $939 million this FY...Foreign Heads of State send felicitations to President U Htin Kyaw...Foreign Heads of State send felicitations to State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi...Foreign Minister of Japan, delegation arrive...Prime Minister of Laos to visit Myanmar...Phase 1 of JICA SME two-step loan project implemented....."OPINION": "Youth, all-round development and national interest".....ARTICLES: "Performances of Myanmar National Human Rights Commission" - By Su Thet Hmu [Mayangone]