2015 in Myanmar

The following lists events that happened during 2015 in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

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Events

January
  • January - An estimated of 1,000 people reported to have been displaced due to the clashes.[1]

February

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 -
    • China sends fighter jets to the border of Myanmar after an attempted bombing of rebels on Chinese land kills 4 people.[6]
    • A ferry sinks off the Burmese coast, leaving 21 dead and 26 missing.[7]

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

November
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References
  1. http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/jan/18/1-000-displaced-by-burma-clashes-201501/
  2. "47 Myanmar soldiers reported dead in clashes with Kokang rebels". 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  3. "Myanmar in fresh airstrikes against northern rebels". 14 February 2015. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  4. "Myanmar army kills dozen ethnic rebels".
  5. "Myanmar students defy deadline to disperse". 3 March 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  6. "China Protests Myanmar Border Air Raid That Kills 4 Chinese". 13 March 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  7. "33 dead and scores missing after Myanmar ferry sinks". 14 March 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  8. "Myanmar says 126 soldiers have been killed in fight with Kokang army". 19 April 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  9. "Almost 500 Rohingya rescued off Indonesia". 11 May 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  10. "Hundreds of refugees arrive in Malaysia and Indonesia after Thai crackdown". 11 May 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  11. "US urges Myanmar to make Rohingya citizens to end boat crisis". 22 May 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  12. "Myanmar president signs off on contested population law". AP. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  13. "A day in photos". Bangkok Post. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  14. "Myanmar landslide: 90 dead at Kachin jade mine". BBC News. 22 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
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