JAKARTA, Feb. 27 -- The first digital archive of the valuable historical cultural heritage of ASEAN Member States (AMS) was launched today.

The ASEAN Cultural Heritage Digital Archive (ACHDA) website showcases over 160 digitised heritage items from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. The website allows visitors to have an in-depth look into the collections of museums, galleries, and libraries through three-dimensional (3D) models, images, audio recordings and valuable videos of cultural heritage of the three countries participating in the project's first phase.

In his opening remarks, Deputy-Secretary General of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Kung Phoak stated, "the ACHDA project is an important step in ASEAN's pursuit towards enhancing...