2023 in Asia
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This is a list of events that took place in Asia in 2023.
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
China
Cyprus
Georgia
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
North Korea
Oman
Pakistan
Palestine
Philippines
Qatar
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Turkey
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen
Events
January
- 13 January - 29 January - 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup
February
- 13 February - 2023 Bangladeshi presidential election
March
- 2 March - 2023 Vietnamese presidential election
- 9 March - 2023 Nepalese presidential election
- 19 March - 2023 Kazakh legislative election
- 26 March - 2023 Turkmen parliamentary election
May
- 5 May – A penumbral lunar eclipse was visible in the evening and the following morning in Africa, Asia and Australia and was the 24th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 141.[1]
- 14 May – 2023 Thai general election
- 14 May – 2023 Turkish parliamentary election
- 21 May – 2023 East Timorese parliamentary election
June
- 6 June – 2023 Kuwaiti general election
- 16 June – 16 July 16 – 2023 AFC Asian Cup.
July
- 6 July – The 2023 Hong Kong electoral changes confirmed and approved by Legislative Council. Direct elected seats of district councilors decreased from 452 out of 479 (94%) to 88 out of 470 (19%), and will establish the District Council Eligibility Review Committee for review the eligibility of every District Council Candidates. [2]
- 9 July – 2023 Uzbek presidential election
- 23 July – 2023 Cambodian general election
September
- 1 September – 2023 Singaporean presidential election
- 9 September – 2023 Maldivian presidential election
- 10 September – 2023 Russian elections
- 19 September – Azerbaijan launched a military offensive against the Armenia-backed Republic of Artsakh.[3]
- September 20 – Armenian separatist forces in Nagorno-Karabakh surrender and agree to a Russian proposal for a ceasefire with Azerbaijan effective from 1 pm on Wednesday.[4]
- 23 September – 8 October – 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
- 24 September – 4 October – over 100,000 ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh.[5][6]
- 28 September – Samvel Shahramanyan, president of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, signs a decree to dissolve all state institutions of Artsakh beginning at the start of 2024.[7]
October
- 5 October – 26 November – 2023 Cricket World Cup in India.
- 7 October – 2023 Emirati parliamentary election
- 28 October – A partial lunar eclipse was visible in the evening and the next morning over Europe and most of Africa and Asia and was the 11th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 146.[8]
- 29 October – 2023 Omani general election
See also
References
- ^ "Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on May 5–6, 2023 – Where and When to See". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ "Hong Kong cuts directly elected District Council seats as overhaul unanimously approved". Hong Kong Free Press.
- ^ Kirby, Paul (2023-09-19). "Azerbaijan launches operation against Nagorno-Karabakh". BBC. Archived from the original on September 19, 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ^ "Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces reach Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire deal". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- ^ "Why this week's mass exodus from embattled Nagorno-Karabakh reflects decades of animosity". The Independent. 2023-09-28. Archived from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Separatist government of Nagorno-Karabakh says it will dissolve itself by January 2024". AP News. 28 September 2023. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ Edwards, Christian (2023-09-28). "Nagorno-Karabakh will cease to exist from next year. How did this happen?". CNN. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "28–29 October 2023 Partial Lunar Eclipse".