2024 in Asia
| Years in Asia: | 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 |
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| Years: | 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 |
This is a list of events that will take or have taken place in Asia in 2024.
Events
January
- 1 January
- Egypt, Iran and the United Arab Emirates become BRICS members.[1]
- The Republic of Artsakh is formally dissolved as Nagorno-Karabakh unifies with Azerbaijan.[2]
- A 7.5 Mww earthquake struck the western coast of Japan, killing at least 244 people and injuring 1,297 others.[3][4]
- 2 January – A further five were killed when a Coast Guard aircraft carrying humanitarian aid collides with a Japan Airlines passenger jet, destroying both aircraft. All 379 people aboard the passenger jet were evacuated safely.[5]
- 3 January – 2024 Kerman bombings: An Islamic State double bombing kills 94 people during a memorial event commemorating the assassination of Qasem Soleimani in Kerman, Iran.[6][7]
- 7 January – 2024 Bangladeshi general election: The Awami League, led by incumbent Sheikh Hasina, wins a fourth consecutive term amid protests by opposition parties and a large drop in voter turnout.[8][9]
- 9 January – Second round of 2023–24 Bhutanese National Assembly election
- 13 January – 2024 Taiwanese general election
- 19 January – Japan becomes the fifth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, with its SLIM mission.[10][11]
- 25 January – 2024 Nepalese National Assembly election
- 31 January – Sultan of Johor Ibrahim Iskandar ascends to the throne as the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.[12]
February
- 2 February – The US launches airstrikes on 85 targets in Iraq and Syria in response to a deadly drone attack on a US military base.[13]
- 7 February – 2024 Azerbaijani presidential election: Amid an opposition boycott, President Ilham Aliyev is reelected to a fifth term.[14]
- 8 February – 2024 Pakistani general election: Independent politicians, most of whom are members of the banned political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, win a plurality of seats in the National Assembly.[15]
- 14 February – 2024 Indonesian general election: Prabowo Subianto wins the presidential election, and the Democratic Party of Struggle wins the most votes in the legislative election.[16]
March
- 1 March – 2024 Iranian legislative election
- 15–17 March – 2024 Russian presidential election
April
- 1 April – Israel attacks the Iranian embassy in Damascus, killing 16 people.[17]
- 3 April – A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 strikes off the eastern coast of Taiwan, with small tsunamis reaching heights of 20–30 cm (7.9–11.8 in) hitting Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.[18]
- 4 April – 2024 Kuwaiti general election
- 10 April – 2024 South Korean legislative election: The Democratic Party and Democratic Alliance wins 176 seats, while the People Power and People Future, to which President Yoon Suk Yeol belongs, wins only 108 seats.[19]
- 16 April – 2024 Persian Gulf floods: At least 32 people are killed when heavy rainfall strikes the Middle East, causing flash flooding. This caused many disruptions for Emirates airline at Dubai International Airport.[20]
- 19 April – 2024 Indian general election: Indians begin voting to elect members to the 18th Lok Sabha. With 968 million people eligible to vote, this election is expected to be the largest election in history. Voting will continue in a total of seven phases, lasting until June.[21]
- 21 April – 2024 Maldivian parliamentary election
May
- 10 May – The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution to grant the State of Palestine the right to be seated among member states in alphabetical order. This will go into effect at the next session of the UN General Assembly on 10 September 2024.[22]
- 15 May – Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore since 2004, is succeeded by former Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong as prime minister, ahead of the next general election in 2025.[23]
- 19 May – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian were killed, along with seven other passengers and crew, in a helicopter crash near the Azerbaijan–Iran border.[24]
- 22 May – May 2024 Vietnamese presidential election
June
- 9–26 June - 2024 Thai Senate election
- 28 June
July
- 15 July - 2024 Syrian parliamentary election
August
- 17 August – Nusantara was to become the new capital of Indonesia, replacing Jakarta,[27] but this doesn't occur due to delays of construction.
September
- 10 September – 2024 Jordanian general election
- 21 September – 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election
October
- 21 October – October 2024 Vietnamese presidential election
- 27 October
November
- 14 November – 2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
- 30 November – Syrian civil war: Opposition forces seize control of most of Aleppo, Syria, prompting the first Russian airstrikes on the city since 2016.[28]
December
- 8 December – Syrian civil war: President of Syria Bashar al-Assad leaves Damascus after being overthrown, ending his presidency and the Ba'athist Syria regime after a total of 61 years. The Syrian opposition forms the Syrian Transitional Government as a provisional government.[29]
See also
References
- ^ Sharma, Shweta (August 24, 2023). "Brics countries agree major expansion as six countries invited to join". The Independent. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
- ^ Ebel, Francesca (28 September 2023). "Defeated by force, Nagorno-Karabakh government declares it will dissolve". The Washington Post. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ "Reiwa 6-nen Notohantō jishin ni yoru higai-tō no jōkyō ni tsuite (kiki kanri kansatsu-shitsu)" 令和６年能登半島地震による被害等の状況について（危機管理監室） [Regarding the status of damage caused by the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake (Crisis Management Office)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Crisis Management Office, Ishikawa Prefecture. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ "M 7.5 – 42 km NE of Anamizu, Japan". United States Geological Survey. 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "JAL plane on fire at Haneda Airport after colliding with Japan Coast Guard plane". NHK WORLD. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Death toll in Islamic State-claimed suicide blasts rises to 91". AP News. 2024-01-06. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ^ "Dozens killed in blasts near Iran general's tomb". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ^ "Bangladesh Election Commission schedules parliamentary polls for Jan 7". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "Bangladesh election: PM Sheikh Hasina wins fourth term in controversial vote". BBC News. 2024-01-07. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "Japan makes contact with 'Moon Sniper' on lunar surface". BBC News. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Japan's 'Moon Sniper' made successful 'pin-point' landing, says space agency". France 24. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "Sultan Ibrahim takes oath as 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong". The Star. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "CENTCOM Statement on U.S. Strikes in Iraq and Syria". CENTCOM. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Azerbaijan's president is likely to win election after a blitz offensive reclaimed Karabakh region". Associated Press. 2024-02-07. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ "Imran Khan loyalists win shock victory in Pakistan election". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
- ^ "Indonesia Decides: 2024 Elections". The Jakarta Post. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
- ^ "Woman and her son among 16 people killed in Israeli raid on building attached to Iranian embassy". Syrian Observatory For Human Rights. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
- ^ "Taiwan 7.7 magnitude earthquake sparks tsunami warning in Japan". The Guardian. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "South Korea's 2024 General Election: Results and Implications". CSIS. 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Dubai airport chaos as UAE and Oman reel from deadly storms". 16 April 2024.
- ^ "India's national election will take place in phases over 44 days. Here's why it takes so long". AP News. 2024-03-18. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "UN general assembly calls on Security Council to admit Palestine as member". 2024-05-10. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ^ Kok, Xinghui (15 May 2024). "Singapore to inaugurate new PM as Lee makes way after 20 years in charge". Reuters. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash - state TV". BBC News. 2024-05-20. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ "Iran to hold presidential elections on June 28 after Raisi's death". Al Arabiya. 2024-05-20. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ "Parliamentary Elections to Take Place on June 28, 2024". Montsame. 2023-12-28.
- ^ Faris Mokhtar; Rieka Rahadiana (August 2, 2022). "Indonesia Breaks Ground on Nusantara as Jakarta Sinks". Bloomberg.
- ^ "Russian strikes hit Aleppo as rebels take control". BBC News. 30 November 2024. Archived from the original on November 30, 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ "Syrian rebels topple President Assad, prime minister calls for free elections". Reuters. December 7, 2024. Retrieved December 7, 2024.