Workers and activists across Asia hold May Day rallies to call for greater labor rights

Workers, activists and others in Asian capitals are marking May Day with rallies and marches to call for better working conditions and greater labor rights. In Seoul, thousands of protesters sang, waved flags and shouted pro-labor slogans at the start of their rally on Wednesday. Organizers said their rally was primarily meant to step up their criticism of what they call anti-labor policies pursued by the conservative government led by President Yoon Suk Yeol. In the Philippine capital, Manila, hundreds of workers and left-wing activists marched to demand wage increases and job security amid soaring food and oil prices.