Sonokong Co, Ltd. () is a

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company. It was established in 1974. The corporate headquarters are located in Sugung-dong

Guro-gu Guro District () is one of the List of districts of Seoul, 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea, which was separated from Yeongdeungpo District on April 1, 1980. Located in the southwestern part of the city, where besides Yangcheon District and ...

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. The technical license of the company is owned by

Takara was a Japanese toy company founded in 1955. In March 2006, the company merged with Tomy, Tomy Company, Ltd. to form Tomy, Takara Tomy. The Takara motto was("playing is culture"). The company focused on traditional toys and board games. They cr ...

and

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History

The firm began in 1974 participating in Hyeopseong Industry. In 1985 Seoul Chemical was established. In 1996 the company was renamed from Seoul Chemical to Sonokong. In 2016 the firm's exclusivity agreement with

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expired. Twelve percent of the company was sold to

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Products

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Animation

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Jang Geum's Dream ''Jang Geum's Dream'' () is a South Korean animation. It is a production by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. The animation was done by Sonokong and Heewon Entertainment. The animation centers on Jang Geum (장금), who enters the Royal Kitchen as ...

'' (with

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Beyblade Beyblade (Japanese: ベイブレード ''Beiburēdo'') is a battling spinning top toyline and multimedia franchise developed by Takara Tomy. Beyblades were inspired by the old "beigoma" spinning tops in olden Asia. The first modern Beyblade was ...

'' (Korean name is '' Top Blade'', with

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(SBS) and

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(KBS) and

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) *'' Bumperking Zapper'' (with Daewon C&A Holdings and

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) *'' Vroomiz'' (SamG Animation) *''

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References

External links

Sonokong Homepage

Sonokong Homepage
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