2024 in Myanmar

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See also:	Other events of 2024; History of Myanmar; Timeline;

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

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	Tin Aung San
	Deputy Prime Minister	Win Shein

4 January – The junta announces the pardon of 9,652 prisoners, including 114 foreigners, to mark the country's independence day.^[1]
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.^[2]^[3] UWSA forces seize Hopang, the capital of the Wa Self-Administered Division, on the same day.^[4]
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.^[5]
- Tatmadaw airstrikes kill at least 17 people, including nine children, and injure 20 others in Kanan village, Sagaing.^[6]
14 January – The Arakan Army seizes the township of Paletwa in Chin State in western Myanmar which borders Bangladesh.^[7]
15 January – Operation 1027:
- The Arakan Army captures the town of Paletwa in Chin State following fighting since November 13, 2023.

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.^[8]
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.^[9]
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.^[10]
20 February –The Pa-O National Liberation Army claims that shelling by the Tatmadaw killed seven refugees in Hsi Hseng.^[11]

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.^[12]
- Local PDF groups capture the town of Kani, in Sagaing Region.^[13]
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.^[14]

4 April – The National Unity Government of Myanmar launches an air attack involving 29 drones on junta targets in the capital Naypyidaw.^[15]
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.^[16]
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.^[17] Over 1,000 refugees flee into Thailand after junta planes bomb the town following its capture.^[18]
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.^[19]
22 April – Vice President Henry Van Thio resigns due to unspecified health reasons.^[20]

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