The 10th Asian Cartoon Exhibition opens on Monday with the theme
of "Asian Environmental Issues."
The exhibition is being held in the Cambodia-Japan Cooperation
Center (CJCC) in Phnom Penh from September 17 to 29, a CJCC press
release said.
It displays 77 new cartoons of leading cartoonists from 10 Asian
nations, namely China, Cambodia, Japan, India, South Korea,
Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, it
said.
Each cartoon presents various perspectives of the cartoonists on
the topic of environmental issues in each country, it added.
Cambodian cartoonist Em Sothya appeared Monday at the opening of
the exhibition and explained his works about illegal logging to the
audience.
The Japan Foundation has been sponsoring the Asian Cartoon
Exhibition every year as a contribution to the greater
understanding of Asian societies, cultures and people through the
widely appreciated medium of cartoons, the press release said,
adding that this year the exhibition is held by the Japan
Foundation in cooperation with CJCC.
(Xinhua News Agency September 18, 2007)
