YANGON, Myanmar – YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A rare white elephant has been captured in the jungles of northwestern Myanmar, a mostly Buddhist country where the animals are considered good omens ...

A rare white elephant has been captured in the jungles of northwestern Myanmar, a mostly Buddhist country where the animals are considered good omens, state media reported Tuesday.

A rare white elephant has been born in western Myanmar, state media said on Wednesday, unveiling what many in the Buddhist-majority country believe to be an auspicious creature.

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s forestry department has captured a rare white elephant in the jungles of the country’s western Ayeyarwaddy region, an official said Sunday. The 7-year-old ...

A rare white elephant has been born in western Myanmar, state media said on Wednesday, unveiling what many in the Buddhist-majority country believe to be an auspicious creature.

YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar says it has found a rare, white elephant in the jungles of the western Ayeyarwaddy region. Forestry official Tun Tun Oo says the 7-year-old female was captured by his ...

White elephant: Traditionally a symbol of power and prosperity, the albino pachyderm which was transported from the jungle to the country's remote capital, state media reported Tuesday.

In 2008, Myanmar's government created a White Elephant Capture and Training Group charged with the nationwide collection effort. When a new white elephant is spotted, the group dispatches a crew ...

Myanmar's junta considers a rare white elephant recently born in western Myanmar as an auspicious sign AFP Though it is a pariah on the world stage and battling fierce domestic opposition to its ...

The discovery of a rare white elephant in Burma has been hailed as a positive sign for upcoming elections. The 7ft1in animal was found in Rakhine state in the north-west of the country on Thursday ...

YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s ruling junta staged a lavish welcoming ceremony for the country’s fifth white elephant captured in recent years as it arrived in the capital, state media reported ...

A rare white elephant has been born in western Myanmar, state media said on Wednesday, unveiling what many in the Buddhist-majority country believe to be an auspicious creature.