490:. In 2002, prior to the first episode's airing, Okon drew attention as an inter-Korean joint animation in which he collaborated with North Korea's Samchully General Assembly. Choi Sang-hyun, who was working at Iconix Entertainment, was given a project of creating a character that represents an animal living in the winter. Choi visited a zoo in order to see those animals and understand how children enjoyed watching them.
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371:뽀롱뽀롱 뽀로로
155:뽀롱뽀롱 뽀로로
786:Seasons
696:: Harry
690:: Petty
612:: Crong
448:removed
433:sources
378::
354:present
352: –
346: (
341:Release
323:Network
83:scholar
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1301:(2013)
1212:Pororo
983:Shorts
953:Others
948:(2024)
942:(2024)
936:(2023)
930:(2022)
924:(2022)
918:(2021)
912:(2020)
906:(2019)
900:(2018)
894:(2017)
888:(2016)
882:(2015)
874:(2014)
866:(2013)
855:(2012)
849:(2011)
843:(2010)
837:(2004)
511:bowing
402:hamlet
367:Korean
249:Korean
179:Comedy
148:Hangul
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1290:Films
781:Media
484:Seoul
391:EBS 1
167:Genre
90:JSTOR
76:books
501:and
431:any
429:cite
327:EBS1
62:news
442:by
269:No.
258:No.
45:by
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