2024 in Myanmar

This is the list of important events happened in Myanmar in 2024.

Incumbents

Ongoing

• Myanmar civil war (2021–present)

Events

January

• 4 January – The junta announces the pardon of 9,652 prisoners, including 114 foreigners, to mark the country's independence day.
• 5 January – Operation 1027:
  • Battle of Laukkai: The MNDAA gain full control of Laukkai, capital of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone following the mass surrender of thousands of Tatmadaw forces, officials and their families within the city. Among those who surrender are 228 officers, including six brigadier generals. UWSA forces seize Hopang, the capital of the Wa Self-Administered Division, on the same day.
• 7 January –
• Operation 1027:
  • The Three Brotherhood Alliance claims that it had captured the towns of Kutkai and Theinni at midnight after seizing Tatmadaw posts in the area, including the headquarters of the 16th Military Operations Command in Theinni.
  • Tatmadaw airstrikes kill at least 17 people, including nine children, and injure 20 others in Kanan village, Sagaing.
• 14 January – The Arakan Army seizes the township of Paletwa in Chin State in western Myanmar which borders Bangladesh.
• 15 January – Operation 1027:
  • The Arakan Army captures the town of Paletwa in Chin State following fighting since November 13, 2023.

February

• 9 February – At least 340 members of Myanmar's Border Guard Police flee into neighboring Bangladesh and are disarmed and detained by Border Guard Bangladesh in the past week amidst continued fighting against the Arakan Army.
• 11 February – The military junta announces that all men aged 18 to 35 and all women aged 18 to 27 will be required to complete two years of mandatory military service, amid territorial losses to anti-junta forces in the ongoing civil war.
• 13 February – The Arakan Army claims to have sunk three junta ships travelling on the Kaladan River in Rakhine State, resulting in up to 900 deaths. The sinking is one of the largest losses in the navy's history.
• 20 February –The Pa-O National Liberation Army claims that shelling by the Tatmadaw killed seven refugees in Hsi Hseng.

March

• 7 March –
  • The Kachin Independence Army launches a major offensive against junta outposts near Laiza and on the highway between Bhamo and Myitkyina. Five outposts are seized, and fighting breaks out at five others.
  • Local PDF groups capture the town of Kani, in Sagaing Region.
• 28 March – Operation 0307: The Kachin Independence Army captures the town of Lweje and its nearby border crossings in Kachin State, Myanmar, after Tatmadaw forces abandon their posts and flee across the border into China.

April

• 4 April – The National Unity Government of Myanmar launches an air attack involving 29 drones on junta targets in the capital Naypyidaw.
• 6 April – Operation 1111: The Karen National Union captures the town of Myawaddy in Kayin State, on the border with Thailand, as hundreds of junta troops surrender and hand over their weapons to rebel forces.
• 11 April –
  • The Karen National Union, local PDF groups, and other Karenni organizations seize the town of Myawaddy on the Thai border from the Tatmadaw after three days of fighting. Over 1,000 refugees flee into Thailand after junta planes bomb the town following its capture.
• 16 April – The junta announces that deposed State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and president Win Myint have been transferred to house arrest due to a heat wave.
• 22 April – Vice President Henry Van Thio resigns due to unspecified health reasons.

May

• 5 May – The Kachin Independence Army announces the capture of the town of Sumprabum.
• 6 May – The Arakan Army announces the capture of a junta base in Buthidaung after a siege.
• 18 May – The Arakan Army announces the capture of Buthidaung, with unconfirmed reports of the town being set on fire.
• 29 May – The Tatmadaw is accused of massacring 76 people in the village of Byine Phyu, Rakhine State.

July

• 2 July – Thousands of residents are stranded in homes across northern Myanmar due to flooding.
• 7 July – The Arakan Army seizes control of Thandwe Airport in Rakhine State from the Tatmadaw.

Scheduled

• 25 October – Miss Grand International 2024 at Yangon

Holidays

Source:

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 4 January – Independence Day
• 12 February - Union Day
• 2 March – Peasants' Day
• 24 March – Full Moon Day of Tabaung
• 27 March – Armed Forces Day
• 13 April – Myanmar New Year
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 22 May – Full Moon Day of Kason
• 16 June – Eid al-Adha
• 19 July – Martyrs' Day
• 20 July – Full Moon Day of Waso
• 16–18 October – Full Moon Day of Thadingyut
• 14–15 November – Full moon day of Tazaungmon
• 25 November – National Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day

Deaths

• 1 June – Tin Oo (b. 1927), minister of defence (1974–1977), commander-in-chief of defence services (1974–1976) and cofounder of the National League for Democracy.

References

External links

• Online calendar