2015 in Myanmar
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The following lists events that happened during 2015 in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
Incumbents
Events
January
February
- February 13 - 2015 Kokang offensive
- In the northeast, 47 soldiers were killed in fighting against Kokang rebels.[2]
- February 14 - 2015 Kokang offensive
- The Burmese government launches airstrikes against the Kokang rebels.[3]
- February 15 - 2015 Kokang offensive
- Around a dozen Kokang rebels by the Myanmar Army and another eight are captured.[4]
March
- March 3 - Myanmar students on a march to Yangon to protest an academic bill defy a police order to disperse in Letpadan Township.[5]
- March 13 -
April
- April 19 - 2015 Kokang offensive
- Burmese authorities claim that 126 Burmese soldiers died in clashes with the Myanmar Nationalities Democratic Alliance Army in Kokang since February.[8]
May
- May - 2015 Rohingya refugee crisis
- 469 Rohingya from Myanmar on two boats reach western Indonesia[9] have been turned away by the Indonesian Navy. Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees also arrive in Malaysia but are detained.[10] The Myanmar Navy rescues two boats with 208 migrants during international pressure to make the Rohingya citizens of Burma to end the refugee crisis.[11]
- May 23 - President Thein Sein signs the Population Control Health Care Bill requiring parents to space each child apart by three years.[12]
July
- July 16: 2015 Myanmar floods
August
- August 10: Black Ribbon Movement Myanmar
- A movement of medical professions and medical students against the appointment of military officers to positions within Ministry of Health.[13]
November
- November 8: 2015 Myanmar general election
- November 22: 2015 Hpakant jade mine disaster
- A major landslide in Hpakant, Kachin State, northern Myanmar killed at least 116 people near a jade mine, with around 100 more missing.[14]
References
- ^ http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/jan/18/1-000-displaced-by-burma-clashes-201501/
- ^ "47 Myanmar soldiers reported dead in clashes with Kokang rebels". 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ "Myanmar in fresh airstrikes against northern rebels". 14 February 2015. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ "Myanmar army kills dozen ethnic rebels".
- ^ "Myanmar students defy deadline to disperse". 3 March 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "China Protests Myanmar Border Air Raid That Kills 4 Chinese". 13 March 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ "33 dead and scores missing after Myanmar ferry sinks". 14 March 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ "Myanmar says 126 soldiers have been killed in fight with Kokang army". 19 April 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ "Almost 500 Rohingya rescued off Indonesia". 11 May 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ "Hundreds of refugees arrive in Malaysia and Indonesia after Thai crackdown". 11 May 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ "US urges Myanmar to make Rohingya citizens to end boat crisis". 22 May 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ "Myanmar president signs off on contested population law". AP. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ "A day in photos". Bangkok Post. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Myanmar landslide: 90 dead at Kachin jade mine". BBC News. 22 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.