2023 in Asia

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

January

 * 13 January - 29 January - 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup

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.

June

 * 16 June – 16 July 16 – 2023 AFC Asian Cup.
 * 18 June – 2023 Turkish general election.

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.

September

 * 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.
 * 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.