2016 in Asia

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This is a list of events in Asia in 2016.

• January 1–2 killed in suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan.^[1]
• January 6 - January 2016 North Korean nuclear test
• January 16 - 2016 Taiwanese presidential election

• February 6 - 2016 Taiwan earthquake^[2]
• February 17 - an attack in Ankara, Turkey caused at least 28 deaths.
• February 26 - 2016 Iranian legislative election

• March 4 - an attack in Aden caused at least 16 deaths.
• March 13–37 killed in an attack in Ankara.
• March 20
  • 2016 Kazakhstani legislative election
  • 2016 Laotian parliamentary election
• March 31 - an attack in Diyarbakir kills seven police officers^[3]

• April 13 - 2016 South Korean legislative election
• April 14 and 16 - 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes
• April 20 - Boungnang Vorachit is elected President of Laos; Thongloun Sisoulith appointed Prime Minister of Laos.

• May 6 - opening of the seventh Congress of the party of labor of Korea.
• May 9 - 2016 Philippine general election
• May 22
  • 2016 Tajikistani constitutional referendum
  • 2016 Vietnamese legislative election
• May 24 - Binali Yıldırım was appointed Prime Minister of Turkey.
• May 26 and 27 - 42nd G7 summit

• June 29 - 2016 Mongolian legislative election

• July 10 - 2016 Japanese House of Councillors election
• 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 7 - 2016 Thai constitutional referendum
• 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 4 - 2016 Hong Kong legislative election
• September 7 and 8 - the 28th ASEAN Summit in Vientiane, Laos.
• September 9 - fifth nuclear test in North Korea.
• September 20 - 2016 Jordanian general election

• October 13 - death of Bhumibol Adulyadejas, King of Thailand, known as the reign of Rama IX.

• November 26 - 2016 Kuwaiti general election

• December 1 - prince Vajiralongkorn is proclaimed King under the name of Rama X.
• December 4 - 2016 Uzbekistani presidential election
• December 11 - 2016 Kyrgyzstani constitutional referendum
• 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.

• List of state leaders in Asia in 2016