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
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. 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. 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. 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. 23 September – 8 October – 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. 24 September – 4 October – over 100,000 ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh. 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.
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. 29 October – 2023 Omani general election
See also 2023 in Asian music
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