Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT, May 4

NEW DELHI -- A group of passengers exited a flight and came down on the tarmac of New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport to protest the five-hour delay of their flight, security officials said on Friday.

Nearly 180 passengers were onboard the Airbus A320 aircraft belonging to the private airline company IndiGo. The flight was bound for north-eastern city of Guwahati.(India-Flight)

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SEOUL -- South Korea's government on Friday urged civic groups not to distribute leaflets criticizing the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in areas near the military demarcation line (MDL), as the leaders of the two Koreas agreed to stop hostile acts.

Seoul's unification ministry said in a statement that South Korean President Moon Jae-in and top DPRK leader Kim Jong Un agreed to stop all hostile acts in areas near the MDL, including the dispersion of anti-DPRK leaflets, from May 1.(S.Korea-DPRK-Ties)

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ISLAMABAD -- At least six laborers were killed and one was injured when unknown gunmen sprayed bullets at them in Kharan district of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, local media reported on Friday.

The assailants targeted the laborers working on the site of a mobile phone company's tower, and fled the scene, Dawn News reported.(Pakistan-Attack)

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SINGAPORE -- Singaporean Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing said on Friday that talents will play an increasingly important part in directing Singapore's next phase of growth to become an innovation-driven economy, the Straits Times reported.

Chan made the remarks in his first public speech at a lunch organized by the European Chamber of Commerce in Singapore since he assumed the post on Monday.(Singapore-Talents) Enditem