2016 in Asia
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This is a list of events in Asia in 2016.
Events
January
- January 1 - 2 killed in suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan.[1]
- January 6 - January 2016 North Korean nuclear test
- January 16 - Taiwanese presidential election, 2016
February
- February 6 - 2016 Taiwan earthquake[2]
- February 17 - an attack in Ankara, Turkey caused at least 28 deaths.
- February 26 - Iranian legislative election, 2016
March
- March 4 - an attack in Aden caused at least 16 deaths.
- March 13 - 37 killed in an attack in Ankara.
- March 20
- March 31 - an attack in Diyarbakir kills seven police officers[3]
April
- April 13 - South Korean legislative election, 2016
- April 14 and 16 - 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes
- April 20 - Boungnang Vorachit is elected President of Laos; Thongloun Sisoulith appointed Prime Minister of Laos.
May
- May 6 - opening of the seventh Congress of the party of labor of Korea.
- May 9 - Philippine general election, 2016
- May 22
- May 24 - Binali Yıldırım was appointed Prime Minister of Turkey.
- May 26 and 27 - 42nd G7 summit
June
- June 29 - Mongolian legislative election, 2016
July
- July 10 - Japanese House of Councillors election, 2016
- July 15 - 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
- July 26 - Sagamihara stabbings
- July 31 - Yuriko Koike is the first woman elected Governor of Tokyo.
August
- August 7 - Thai constitutional referendum, 2016
- August 11 and 12 - bombings in Hua Hin, Surat Thani, Phuket and Trang.[4]
- August 20 - more than 50 killed in a bombing in Gaziantep.
- August 26 - bombing to Cizre against the police.
- August 29 - an attack in Aden caused at least 71 dead.
September
- September 4 - Hong Kong legislative election, 2016
- September 7 and 8 - the 28th ASEAN Summit in Vientiane, Laos.
- September 9 - fifth nuclear test in North Korea.
- September 20 - Jordanian general election, 2016
October
- October 13 - death of Bhumibol Adulyadejas, King of Thailand, known as the reign of Rama IX.
November
- November 26 - Kuwaiti general election, 2016
December
- December 1 - prince Vajiralongkorn is proclaimed King under the name of Rama X.
- December 4 - Uzbekistani presidential election, 2016
- December 11 - Kyrgyzstani constitutional referendum, 2016
- December 17 - a Kayseri attack caused at least 14 deaths.
- December 19 - the Ambassador of Russia Andrei Karlov was assassinated in Ankara.
- December 20 - the Eurasia under the Bosphorus tunnel is opened in Istanbul.
References
- ↑ « Un restaurant français de Kaboul visé par une attaque des talibans » Le Monde, 1er janvier 2016.
- ↑ « Le bilan s’alourdit après le séisme à Taïwan » Le Monde, 6 février 2016.
- ↑ « Turquie : sept policiers tués dans un attentat à la bombe en zone kurde », Le Monde, 31 mars 2016.
- ↑ Le Monde, 12 août 2016.
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