Elephants are playing important roles in the country’s civil war, but the conflict casts a dark shadow over their future.

Myanmar's junta considers a rare white elephant recently born in western Myanmar as an auspicious sign ... Myanmar military trumpets white elephant as sign of right to rule. By. AFP.

A rare, white newborn baby elephant with "pearly" eyes has been pictured with its mother in Myanmar. The baby elephant was born on 23 July in the western Rakhine state to a 33-year-old elephant ...

MOSCOW — Russia's President Vladimir Putin hailed expanding ties with ally Myanmar at talks with its military junta chief on Tuesday (March 4) and thanked him for gifting Moscow six elephants.

Reuters. Myanmar's military chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing presents a book to Russia's President Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, March 4, 2025.

The white elephant was born in Myanmar's Rakhine state in 2022, and its birth is being portrayed as fortuitous by the junta. PHOTO: AFP. Follow topic: Myanmar.