Full coverage: International Workers' Day

Tens of thousands of workers have filled the streets of Asian cities for May Day marches, demanding jobs and rises in the minimum wage.

In Seoul, thirty-thousand workers called for greater rights. In Jakarta, thousands of people marched peacefully to demand higher wages.

Thousands of workers in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh demanded better working conditions and more pay. Malaysian trade union leader Abdullah Sani spoke out against the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement saying unions feared it would harm workers.