A labor union at South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics said Wednesday it would suspend a planned general strike and hold a vote on a tentative wage agreement. The general strike, scheduled from May 21 to June 7, will be put on hold until further notice, the union said in a notice to members.

China's word-of-mouth hit "Dear You" continued to top China's daily box office for an 11th consecutive day on Wednesday, with its total earnings surpassing 700 million yuan (about 102 million U.S. dollars), according to film data platform Maoyan.

Malaysia's trade surged in April, driven by resilient electrical and electronic (E&E) exports amid sustained global demand, official data showed on Wednesday. Total trade rose 28.6 percent year on year to 336.73 billion ringgit (about 84.7 billion US dollars), the fastest growth since September

The Lao central bank, the Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL), convened its second Monetary Policy Committee meeting of 2026 to assess recent economic developments and outline measures to maintain monetary stability and support economic growth.

Representatives of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union (EU) reached a compromise on Wednesday in Strasbourg, France, on legislation to implement the EU-US trade agreement, following months of delay and wrangling over safeguards against possible US non-compliance.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Tuesday announced a new regulation requiring exports of several strategic natural resources commodities to be conducted through state-owned enterprises, as part of efforts to strengthen state control over export revenues and improve governance in the