DOMESTIC NEWS: Opening ceremony of Myanmar e-Sport Federation and Yangon HOG e-Sports Center...Terrorists destroy backhoe in Maungtaw...Wild elephant found dead in Ngaputaw Township...43rd Anniversary Rakhine State Day ceremony held...Rakhine-born magician wows audience...Literary Conference 2017 continues...Achievement in the Education Sector...Lisu Literature Centenary Jubilee held in Myitkyina...SG Min Aung Hlaing attends 70th Anniversary of Myanmar Air Force...Group discussion continues on successful completion of nationwide census...Container cranes for Myanmar International Thilawa Terminal arrive...Four of six members of Ava Tailoring family receive long prison sentences...Police detains terrorist suspect in Maungtaw.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: 2017 Mid-Year Myanma Jade and Gems emporium sells 32 gem lots...40,000 vaccinated in Buthidaung, Rakhine State...JCC Chairman U T Khun Myat receives Director of NDI, Asia...President U Htin Kyaw meets professors, students of Osaka University in Japan...State Counsellor meets Finnish Ambassador...More than 680,000 foreign day-trippers visit Myanmar across Thai border since April...German touristscruised Chindwin river...Cement imports decline by nearly 6,000 tonnes in late November...Japanese company to build bulk grain terminal at Thilawa...More than $2.9 billion trade deficit in current FY...China increases border imports of sesame seeds....."OPINION": "Myanmar?s ongoing economic reforms with SMEs development" .....ARTICLE: "Understanding ASEAN: One Rising interest of citizens in ASEAN" - Sayar Mya(MOFA)