May 1998 in Asia

ethnic armed conflict in the western Georgian region of Abkhazia

Chagai-I is the code name of five simultaneous underground nuclear tests conducted by Pakistan on 28 May 1998 at 15:15 PKT. The tests were performed at Ras Koh Hills in the Chagai District of Balochistan Province.

Pokhran-II (Operation Shakti) was a series of five nuclear weapon tests conducted by India in May 1998. The bombs were detonated at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan. It was the second instance of nuclear testing conducted by India, after the first test, Smiling Buddha, in May 1974.

mass violence, demonstrations, and civil unrest, mainly targeting ethnic Chinese

1998 severe earthquake centered in Takhar Province, Afghanistan

shootings of a student protest in Jakarta, Indonesia on 12 May 1998

Chagai-II is the codename assigned to the second atomic test conducted by Pakistan, carried out on 30 May 1998 in the Kharan Desert in Balochistan Province of Pakistan. Chagai-II took place two days after Pakistan's first successful test, Chagai-I, which was carried out on 28 May 1998 in the Ras Koh area in Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan.

1998 pasenger plane crash near Erdenet, Orkhon, Mongolia

Philippine presidential election of 1998