2023 in Asia

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Last updated March 20, 2025

This is a list of events that took place in Asia in 2023 .

Incumbents

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

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

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".

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[1] "Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on May 5–6, 2023 – Where and When to See". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved 2022-10-10.

[2] "Hong Kong cuts directly elected District Council seats as overhaul unanimously approved". Hong Kong Free Press.

[3] Kirby, Paul (2023-09-19). "Azerbaijan launches operation against Nagorno-Karabakh". BBC. Archived from the original on September 19, 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-19.

[4] "Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces reach Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire deal". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-09-20.

[5] "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.

[6] "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.

[7] Edwards, Christian (2023-09-28). "Nagorno-Karabakh will cease to exist from next year. How did this happen?". CNN. Retrieved 2023-09-29.

[8] "28–29 October 2023 Partial Lunar Eclipse".

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Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Burma (Myanmar) Cambodia China Cyprus Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste (East Timor) Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau