2023 in Myanmar

This is the list of important events happened in Myanmar in 2023.

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Incumbents
Photo Post Name
Acting President
First Vice President		 Myint Swe
Chairman of the State Administration Council
Prime Minister		 Min Aung Hlaing
Vice Chairman of the State Administration Council
Deputy Prime Minister		 Soe Win
Second Vice President Henry Van Thio
Deputy Prime Minister Mya Tun Oo
Deputy Prime Minister Soe Htut
Deputy Prime Minister Tin Aung San
Deputy Prime Minister Win Shein

Events

January

February

March

April
  • 11 April - At least 100 people are killed in an airstrike by the Burmese junta in the village of Pazigyi (Kanbalu Township) in Sagaing region, in the third major civilian attack since the junta's offensive in Sagaing began in February. It is the junta’s deadliest attack since seizing power in 2021.[6]
  • 13 April - Four people are killed and 12 others are injured when a series of car bombs explode during a Thingyan festival in Lashio, Shan State.[7]

May
  • 5 May - Myanmar's military junta commutes 38 death sentences to life imprisonment as part of a wider amnesty.[8]
  • 6 May - The Motion Picture Award Presentation Ceremony, popularly known as Academy ceremony, was held for the first time in four years. Awards were presented for the films shown in theatre in 2019, 2020 and 2022. Vice-Senior General Soe Win attended the ceremony.[9]
  • 14 May - Cyclone Mocha hit the coastline of Rakhine State in Western Myanmar. Up to 90 percent of Sittwe, the state's capital, had been damged and electricity infrastructure, mobile phone masts and several houses were destroyed. Before the storm made landfall 4,000 out of 300,000 Sittwe residents were evacuated to other cities. The military declare the whole of Rakhine a disaster area.[10][11]
  • 25 May - Bhamo Sayadaw, one of the most revered monks in Myanmar, passed away at the age of 94. His funeral was held on 6 June in Mandalay. Thousands of followers lined the route of the funeral procession. General Min Aung Hlaing acted as one of the pallbearers.[12]

June
  • 7 June - Three people are killed by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake in Ayeyarwady Region.[13]
  • 19 June - People across the country participated in the flower strike to mark Aung San Suu Kyi's Birthday. A day later, more than 100 people were arrested for wearing flowers.[14]

July

August
  • 2 and 3 August - A major cabinet reshuffle occurred among the junta appointed officials. Lieutenant Genral Yar Pyae and General Mya Tun Oo were appointed as ministers of Interior and Transportation respectively. Ministry of International Cooperation was abolished and Dr. Thet Thet Khaing became minister of Hotel and Tourism. Several high level officials were also dismissed due to charges of corruption.[17]
  • 8 August - 14 people including a Swiss national were arrested for making a film, the content of which, according to the military, is harmful to Buddhist and Burmese cultural norms. The film is called "Don't Expect Anything" and it was released on Tiktok and YouTube on 24 July.[18] The arrest was condemned by the monks who were opposed to the junta's action.[19]
  • 11 August - Five people are killed and approximately 40,000 are evacuated due to floods and landslides from monsoon rains in Myanmar.[20]
  • 14 August - 2023 Hpakant jade mine disaster - At least 34 miners are missing after a landslide at a jade mine in Hpakant.[21]

September
  • 3 September - Cobra Column, a resistance group active in Southern Myanmar, made two attacks on the township administrative office in Myawaddy using drones. Five people, including a policeman and a high ranking military official, were killed and 11 were severely wounded.[22]
  • 23 September - An earthquake of 4.8 magnitude lasting for one minute was felt in Yangon around 20:55 MMT.[23]

October

Holidays

References
  1. "Prisoner killed, dozens wounded in Myanmar jail riot". Hindustan Times. 2023-01-07. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  2. "Myanmar junta extends state of emergency, effectively delaying polls". France 24. 2023-02-01. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  3. Head, Jonathan; Slow, Oliver (1 February 2023). "Myanmar coup anniversary: 'Silent strike' marks two years of military rule". BBC News. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  4. "Myanmar's military dissolves Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD party | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News". NHK WORLD. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  5. "Myanmar resistance says military bombing kills 8 civilians". AP NEWS. 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  6. Paddock, Richard C. (2023-04-11). "Airstrike in Rebel-Held Region of Myanmar Kills at Least 100". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  7. "Four killed, several injured in car bomb blasts during New Year festival in Myanmar". WION. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  8. "Myanmar military commutes 38 death sentences as part of amnesty". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  9. "Myanmar holds film academy awards ceremony". The Star. 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  10. Vaidyanathan, Rajini (2023-05-15). "Cyclone Mocha: Deadly storm hits Myanmar and Bangladesh coast". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  11. "Cyclone Mocha: three dead and 700 injured as storm pounds Myanmar". The Gurdian. 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  12. "Why Myanmar's Junta Chief Turns Himself Into a Pallbearer at Monk's Funerals". The Irrawaddy. 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  13. LuduNwayOo (2023-06-07). "မအူပင်မြို့အနီးဗဟိုပြု ငလျင်လှုပ်ခတ် သီလရှင်နှစ်ဦးအပါအဝင် ၃ဦး အုတ်တံတိုင်းပိ၍သေဆုံးဟုကနဦးသတင်းရရှိ". LuduNwayOo (in Burmese). Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  14. "Arrested - Or Beaten- for Wearing flower to mark Aung San Suu Kyi's Birthday". RFA. 2023-06-20. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  15. Lamb, Kate (2023-07-12). "Thai foreign minister says he met with Aun San Suu Kyi". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  16. "Myanmar junta extends state of emergency, delaying polls". The Manila Times. Agence France-Presse. 2023-07-31. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
  17. "ပြည်ထဲရေးဝန်ကြီးအပါအဝင် ဝန်ကြီးတချို့ စစ်ကောင်စီအပြောင်းအလဲ ပြုလုပ်". RFA (in Burmese). 2023-08-03. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  18. "Myanmar arrests 14 including Swiss national over film deemed offensive to Buddhism". CNN. 2023-08-19. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  19. "ဘာသာရေးအကြောင်းပြ စစ်ကောင်စီနှိပ်ကွပ်နေဟု သံဃာတော်များ မိန့်ကြား". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 2023-08-22. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  20. "Five dead, 40,000 evacuated as monsoon floods hit Myanmar". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
  21. "At least 30 missing after Myanmar mine landslide". BBC News. 2023-08-14. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
  22. "Myawaddy Drone Strike kills Five Myanmar Regime Officials". The Irrawaddy. 2023-09-04. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  23. "Magnitude 4.8 earthquake rattles Myanmar's Yangon". Hindustan Times. 2023-09-23. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  24. "ပဲခူးမှာ ရေကြီးမှုကြောင့် ဘေးလွတ်ရာပြောင်းရွှေ့ရသူ ၁၃,၀၀၀ကျော်ရှိလာ". RFA (in Burmese). 2023-10-09. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  25. "Tientallen doden bij aanval op vluchtelingenkamp Myanmar". nos.nl (in Dutch). 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  26. "Key Myanmar EAOs Shun Junta's Peace Deal Anniversary Celebration". The Irrawaddy. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  27. "Myanmar junta orders airstrikes to recover lost outposts". The Times of India. 2023-10-21. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
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