2024 in Asia

This is a list of events that will take or have taken place in Asia in 2024.



January

 * 1 January
 * Egypt, Iran and the United Arab Emirates become BRICS members.
 * The Republic of Artsakh is formally dissolved as Nagorno-Karabakh unifies with Azerbaijan.
 * A 7.5 M ww earthquake struck the western coast of Japan, killing at least 244 people and injuring 1,297 others.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 19 January – Japan becomes the fifth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, with its SLIM mission.
 * 31 January – Sultan of Johor Ibrahim Iskandar ascends to the throne as the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.

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.
 * 7 February – 2024 Azerbaijani presidential election: Amid an opposition boycott, President Ilham Aliyev is reelected to a fifth term.
 * 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.
 * 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.

April

 * 1 April – Israel attacks the Iranian embassy in Damascus, killing 16 people.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.

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.
 * 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.
 * 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.


 * 28 June
 * 2024 Iranian presidential election.
 * 2024 Mongolian parliamentary election.

Predicted and scheduled events

 * 17 August – Nusantara will become the new capital of Indonesia, replacing Jakarta.