DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Win Myint, First Lady host 71st Anniversary Independence Day dinner...Nay Pyi Taw holds 71st Anniversary Independence Day State Flag hoisting, saluting ceremony...NLD HQ celebrates 71st Anniversary Independence Day...President posthumously bestows titles on two mily officers...Gold leaves on stone of Kyaiktiyo Pagoda to be renewed...Yangon puts on grand spectacle for 71st Independence Day...Fire destroys 160 houses in Pyapon, Ayeyawady Region...Daily rice exports via Muse drop 50% as China cracks down on illegal trade...Gold prices hit record high in domestic market...President confers bravery titles on AA launches massive coordinated attacks on four border police outposts in Buthidaung Township, leaves 9 injured, 13 police personnel killed soldiers...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued on Friday 4 January 2019)...Bogyoke Aung San film production updates now available on social media...Yangon streaming with 71st Independence Day celebrations........EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Mangiumcia growers visit Viet Nam to study technology, market...Foreign Heads of State send felicitations to President U Win Myint...Foreign Heads of State send felicitations to State Counsellor...Myanmar U-19 women’s football team to compete in Japan tourney...MFF aiming for success in FIFA, AFC, ASEAN games with 4-year plan.....OPINION: "We must work together with honesty and trust".....ARTICLES: "The Architect of Sovereignty, and Myanmar’s First Independence Day" - An Interview with veteran journalist Hanthawaddy U Ohn Kyaing