Editing 2010s (section)

====Asia====
{{Further|Category:2010s in Asia}}
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! Country
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! Description
! References
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| [[2010 Myanmar general election]]
| {{flag|Myanmar}}
| 7 November 2010
| [[Thein Sein]] was elected President of [[Myanmar]], the first civilian President of the country since 1962.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-12362745 |title=Burma ex-Prime Minister Thein Sein named new president |work=BBC News |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130100216/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-12362745 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Death of [[Kim Jong-il]]
| {{flag|North Korea}}
| 17 December 2011
| Supreme Leader [[Kim Jong-il]] of [[North Korea]] died after governing the country for 17 years. His son, [[Kim Jong-un]], succeeded him.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-19/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-il-dead/3738526 |title=North Korean leader Kim Jong-il dead |date=19 December 2011 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=14 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214065943/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-19/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-il-dead/3738526 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[2012 Japanese general election]]
| {{flag|Japan}}
| 26 December 2012
| The [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]], led by [[Shinzō Abe]], won a landslide victory in Japan's general election.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/27/world/asia/shinzo-abe-selected-as-japans-prime-minister.html |title=Shinzo Abe Selected as Japan's Prime Minister |last=Fackler |first=Martin |date=26 December 2012 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217123237/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/27/world/asia/shinzo-abe-selected-as-japans-prime-minister.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[North Korea and weapons of mass destruction]]
| {{flag|North Korea}}
| 11 March 2013
| The Supreme Leader [[Kim Jong-un]] of [[North Korea]] broke all peace pacts with [[South Korea]] and started a new nuclear weapons plan, inflaming tensions on the [[Korean Peninsula]].
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gDrMpWuahcuRgQmj-dSSk_L87w2g?do |title=North Korean leader threatens strike on South island |date=11 March 2013 |website=AFP News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129081438/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gDrMpWuahcuRgQmj-dSSk_L87w2g?docId=CNG.ece624233e0176d14a79a8a1f72e2f75.161 |archive-date=29 January 2014}}</ref>
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| [[2014 Indian general election]]
| {{flag|India}}
| 12 May 2014
| The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], led by [[Narendra Modi]], won a landslide victory in India's general election, the first time a single party gained a majority on its own since 1984.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/modi-wave-conquers-all-what-exit-polls-show-in-haryana-maharashtra-1758575.html |title=Modi wave conquers all: What exit polls show in Haryana, Maharashtra |date=16 October 2014 |website=Firstpost |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=11 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211071306/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/modi-wave-conquers-all-what-exit-polls-show-in-haryana-maharashtra-1758575.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[2014 Indonesian presidential election]]
| {{flag|Indonesia}}
| 9 July 2014
| [[Joko Widodo]] won Indonesia's presidential election, becoming the first president not to be from the country's political elite or military.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/23/world/asia/joko-widodo-populist-governor-is-named-winner-in-indonesian-election.html |title=A Child of the Slum Rises as President of Indonesia |last=Cochrane |first=Joe |date=22 July 2014 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=12 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712043543/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/23/world/asia/joko-widodo-populist-governor-is-named-winner-in-indonesian-election.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[Visit by Pope Francis to the Philippines|Pastoral and state visit by Pope Francis to the Philippines]]
| {{flag|Philippines}}
| 15–19 January 2015
|An estimated 6 to 7 million attended the Concluding Eucharistic Celebration in [[Luneta|Manila]] on the Feast Day of [[Santo Niño de Cebú]], ending the 5-day apostolic and state visit of Pope Francis in the Philippines, the largest papal crowd in history.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/01/18/15/luneta-mass-largest-papal-event-history |title=Luneta Mass is largest Papal event in history |publisher=ABS-CBN News |access-date=28 January 2015 |archive-date=21 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121025900/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/01/18/15/luneta-mass-largest-papal-event-history |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Death of [[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia|King Abdullah]]
| {{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
| 23 January 2015
| [[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia|Abdullah]], the [[King of Saudi Arabia|King]] of [[Saudi Arabia]] from 2005 to 2015, died and was succeeded by [[Salman of Saudi Arabia|King Salman]].
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/01/king-abdullah-saudi-arabia-dies-150122232049573.html |title=King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia dies |publisher=Al Jazeera |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=6 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906191717/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/01/king-abdullah-saudi-arabia-dies-150122232049573.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Death of [[Lee Kuan Yew]]
| {{flag|Singapore}}
| 23 March 2015
| Founding Prime Minister of [[Singapore]] who ruled from 1959 to 1990, highly regarded as the founding father of the nation, died from [[pneumonia]] at the age of 91.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/leekuanyew-8-days-mourning |title=Remembering Lee Kuan Yew: The Straits Times' full print coverage |website=straitstimes.com |date=January 2016 |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130233205/https://www.straitstimes.com/leekuanyew-8-days-mourning |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[India–Bangladesh enclaves|India–Bangladesh enclaves exchange]]
| {{flag|India}} {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| 6 June 2015
| [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]] officially ratified their 1974 agreement to exchange enclaves along their border.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/08/01/say-goodbye-to-the-weirdest-border-dispute-in-the-world/ |title=Say goodbye to the weirdest border dispute in the world |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=16 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116015638/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/08/01/say-goodbye-to-the-weirdest-border-dispute-in-the-world/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[2016 Taiwanese general election]]
| {{flag|Taiwan}}
| 16 January 2016
| [[Tsai Ing-wen]] was elected [[President of the Republic of China|President of Taiwan]], the first woman to hold the position.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/taiwan-gets-first-female/2432040.html |title=Taiwan gets first female President as DPP sweeps election |website=Channel NewsAsia |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=16 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116134410/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/taiwan-gets-first-female/2432040.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| [[2016 Philippine presidential election]]
| {{flag|Philippines}}
| 9 May 2016
| [[Rodrigo Duterte]] was elected [[President of the Philippines]].
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gonzales |first1=Yuji Vincent |title=Duterte, Robredo proclaimed new President, VP; Rody a no-show |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/788148/congress-proclaims-duterte-robredo-as-new-president-vp-rody-a-no-show |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |date=30 May 2016 |access-date=31 May 2016 |archive-date=5 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105061157/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/788148/congress-proclaims-duterte-robredo-as-new-president-vp-rody-a-no-show |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Death of [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]]
| {{flag|Thailand}}
| 13 October 2016
| [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]], the [[Monarch of Thailand|King]] of [[Thailand]] from 1946 to 2016, died and was succeeded by his son, [[Vajiralongkorn]].
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/thailands-king-bhumibol-adulyadej-dies/article9215490.ece |title=Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, world's longest-reigning monarch, dies |agency=Reuters |date=13 October 2016 |work=The Hindu |access-date=22 January 2017 |archive-date=22 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822051056/https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/Thailand%E2%80%99s-King-Bhumibol-Adulyadej-worlds-longest-reigning-monarch-dies/article16070211.ece |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[Impeachment of Park Geun-hye]]
| {{flag|South Korea}}
| 10 March 2017
| South Korean President [[Park Geun-hye]] is impeached by the [[Constitutional Court of Korea]] in a unanimous decision, terminating Park's presidency. South Korean Prime Minister [[Hwang Kyo-ahn]] assumes power following the ruling.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-politics-idUSKBN16H066 |title=South Korean court throws president out of office, 2 dead in protest |publisher=Reuters |date=10 March 2017 |access-date=10 March 2017 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125185110/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-politics-idUSKBN16H066 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[2017 South Korean presidential election]]
| {{flag|South Korea}}
| 9 May 2017
| [[Moon Jae-in]] was elected the 12th President of South Korea, originally scheduled to take place later in the year, the election was moved to early May following the impeachment of President [[Park Geun-hye]].
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/world/asia/south-korea-election-president-moon-jae-in.html |title=South Korea elects Moon Jae-in, who backs talks with North, as President |newspaper=The New York Times |date=9 May 2017 |access-date=9 May 2017 |archive-date=13 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513012345/http://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/world/asia/south-korea-election-president-moon-jae-in.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[2018 Malaysian general election]]
| {{flag|Malaysia}}
| 9 May 2018
| The opposition-led [[Pakatan Harapan]] coalition, led by former [[Prime Minister of Malaysia|Prime Minister]] [[Mahathir Mohamad]], secures a [[2018 Malaysian general election|parliamentary majority]] in the [[Parliament of Malaysia|Malaysian Parliament]], ending the 61-year rule of the [[Barisan Nasional]] coalition and leading to the pardon of [[Anwar Ibrahim]].
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.malaymail.com/s/1629158/pakatan-takes-putrajaya-buoyed-by-malay-tsunami |title=Pakatan takes Putrajaya, buoyed by 'Malay tsunami' |first=Zurairi |last=Ar |newspaper=The Malay Mail |date=10 May 2018 |access-date=10 May 2018 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143316/https://www.malaymail.com/s/1629158/pakatan-takes-putrajaya-buoyed-by-malay-tsunami |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.my/malaysias-anwar-ibrahim-pardoned-and-released-from-jail-2018-5/?r=US&IR=T |title=Malaysia's jailed leader-in-waiting has been released from custody and given a full royal pardon |last=Chan |first=Tara |date=16 May 2018 |work=[[Business Insider]] |access-date=18 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611045423/https://www.businessinsider.my/malaysias-anwar-ibrahim-pardoned-and-released-from-jail-2018-5/?r=US&IR=T |archive-date=11 June 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| [[2018–19 Korean peace process|2018–2019 Korean Peace Process]]
| {{flag|South Korea}} {{flag|North Korea}} {{flag|United States}}
| February 2018 – October 2019
| A series of peace summits between the [[Supreme Leader (North Korean title)|Supreme Leader]] of [[North Korea]] [[Kim Jong-un]], the [[President of South Korea|President]] of [[South Korea]] [[Moon Jae-in]], and the [[President of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]] [[Donald Trump]]. Three inter-Korean summits occurred at the [[Korean Demilitarized Zone]] in [[April 2018 inter-Korean summit|April 2018]], [[May 2018 inter-Korean summit|May 2018]], and [[September 2018 inter-Korean summit|September 2018]] between Kim and Moon. Additionally, two meetings between Kim and Trump occurred in [[2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit|Singapore in June 2018]] and [[2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit|Hanoi in February 2019]]. All three leaders met and [[2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit|crossed the DMZ in June 2019]].
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/trump-kim-singapore-summit |title=Trump-Kim Summit |website=straitstimes.com |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109012414/https://www.straitstimes.com/trump-kim-singapore-summit |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="President Trump and Chairman Kim2">{{cite web |date=27 February 2019 |title=Remarks by President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un in a 1:1 Conversation |url=https://vn.usembassy.gov/20190227-remarks-president-trump-chairman-kim-11-conversation/ |access-date=28 February 2019 |publisher=U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Vietnam |quote=PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much. That's really nice. Well, I want to just say it's an honour to be with 'Chairman Kim'. |archive-date=2 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302024542/https://vn.usembassy.gov/20190227-remarks-president-trump-chairman-kim-11-conversation/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| Abdication of [[Muhammad V of Kelantan]]
| {{flag|Malaysia}}
| 6 January 2019
| [[Muhammad V of Kelantan]] abdicates the federal throne as the 15th [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong|monarch]] of [[Malaysia]], making him the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong to do so.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46775499 |title=Malaysia king: Sultan Muhammad V abdicates in historic first |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=6 January 2019 |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=8 January 2019 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107112311/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46775499 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[2019 North Korea–Russia summit|2019 Kim–Putin meeting]]
| {{flag|North Korea}} {{flag|Russia}}
| 25 April 2019
| North Korean [[Supreme leader of North Korea|supreme leader]] [[2019 North Korea–Russia summit|Kim Jong-un meets with Russian president Vladimir Putin]] on [[Russky Island]] after being invited to hold talks.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48047279 |title=Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un hold Vladivostok summit |date=24 April 2019 |work=BBC News |access-date=25 April 2019 |archive-date=8 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408105123/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48047279 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Abdication of [[Akihito]]
| {{flag|Japan}}
| 30 April 2019
| [[Akihito]], the [[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]] of [[Japan]] from 1989 to 2019, [[2019 Japanese imperial transition|abdicated]] and was succeeded by his son, [[Naruhito]].
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Japan's emperor prays for peace in first abdication in 200 years |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-emperor/japans-emperor-prays-for-peace-in-first-abdication-in-200-years-idUSKCN1S5245 |date=30 April 2019 |publisher=[[Reuters]] |access-date=1 May 2019 |archive-date=1 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501054826/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-emperor/japans-emperor-prays-for-peace-in-first-abdication-in-200-years-idUSKCN1S5245 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 2019–20 Persian Gulf crisis
| {{flag|Iran}} {{flag|United States}}
| 5 May 2019
| The [[Persian Gulf]] region saw tensions between the United States and the [[Islamic Republic of Iran]] escalate in mid-2019. The crisis saw [[oil tanker]]s in the [[Strait of Hormuz]] sabotaged and seized, drone shootdowns, and efforts by the U.S. and [[United Kingdom]] to pursue military patrols to protect shipping in the gulf.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/aug/05/uk-joins-us-in-mission-to-protect-oil-tankers-in-gulf |title=UK joins US in mission to protect oil tankers in Gulf |date=5 August 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>
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[[File:Belt and Road Initiative participant map.svg|thumb|250px|In 2013, China launched the ambitious [[Belt and Road Initiative|Belt and Road]] infrastructure initiative, with over 150 countries announcing participation by the end of the decade.]]
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[[File:Kim and Trump shaking hands at the red carpet during the DPRK–USA Singapore Summit.jpg|thumb|North Korean leader [[Kim Jong-un]] and U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] meet during the first [[2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit|North Korea–United States summit]] in [[Singapore]], June 2018]]
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[[File:WOMEN2DRIVE logo.png|thumb|[[Women to drive movement]]: [[Women's rights in Saudi Arabia]] made progress when women were allowed to drive in the kingdom in 2018.]]
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