The “Photo Archive of Asian Cultures” is a project of the program entitled, “Development of Materials for Understanding Asian Cultures” organized by UNESCO Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) with the support of Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. This Web Site offers you the collection of photographs extensively covering a wide-range of cultural aspects of UNESCO Member States in the Asia-Pacific region.

All materials and contents are operated by APCEIU.

All rights of materials shown in the “Photo Archive of Asian Cultures” and the rights stated herein strictly belong to featured photographers, APCEIU, and Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. All photographs and other elements of the “Photo Archive of Asian Cultures” site are protected by international treaties and intellectual property and other applicable laws. All displayed photographs may not be copied or retransmitted by any means without explicit authorization from APCEIU.

All photographs shown on this site are the exclusive or non-exclusive property of APCEIU or of third parties, copyright holders, who authorize APCEIU to distribute them.

Interested potential users who wish to obtain an authorization to reproduce the photographs on “Photo Archive of Asian Cultures” must fill out a “request form” stating their name(s), the name of the organization for which they are making the order, their address, their email address and the intended use of the photographs and submit to the operator, APCEIU.

Any reproduction permission granted by APCEIU will be valid only for the use stated in the “request form.” Intended use stated in the “request form” is strictly limited to public use or non-commercial use and should not engage in any purpose that is unlawful. Other use of any or all photographs in the “request form” requires a separate request for authorization from APCEIU. This permission may not under any circumstances be transferred to a third party.

Provided in the “Photo Archive of Asian Cultures” are a substantial number of photographs sorted by countries, topics and sub-topics and a search function which enables users to search through keywords. Users can select a topic of interest from the “topic” drop down menu and a “sub-topic” from the respective drop down menu. Searches are also available by using the search box provided in the main page.

Photographs of the “Photo Archive of Asian Cultures” are uploaded on an annual basis by APCEIU.

Refer to the themes, sub-themes, and their descriptions below for your search.

Theme	Sub-Theme	Description
Cultural Diversity	Lifestyle	Clothing Food Living Space Living Tool Marketplace Landscape Leisure Community
	Tangible Culture	Architecture Painting, Industrial Arts, Pottery World Cultural Heritage
	Intangible Culture	Dance Music Traditional Games
	Custom	Ceremonies Festivals, Holidays Others
	Religion	Christianity Buddhism Islam Hinduism Others
Peace	Violence	War Abuse Hunger Refugee
	Peace-Keeping	Security Institution for Peace People for Peace Civil Movement Symbols of Peace
Human Rights	Ethnic Minority	Ethnic Minority
	Migrants	Migrants
	Refugees	Refugees
	Generation	Family Elderly People Married Couple Women Men Children, Adolescents
Sustainable Development	Nature	Nature, Ecosystem World Natural Heritage
	Industry	Primary Industry (Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries) Secondary Industry (Manufacturing Industry, Construction Industry) Tertiary Industry (Transportation, Communication, Service and others) Information Industry (Hardware, Software and Communication)
	Environment	Green Revolution, Organic Farming Climate Change, Natural Disaster Environmental Pollution
	Urbanization	Urbanization, Industrialization
	Education	Education
	Health	Health
Globalization	Transportation&Communication	Transportation&Communication
	Material Movement	Material Movement
	Population Movement	Labor Movement Migrants, Refugees
	Intercultural Phenomenon	Homogenization Diversification

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