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The 'Rookie' series is a military drama that began in 2022. This season started with 2.8% and ended with viewership ratings reaching 5.2%.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Jin-ri = The military drama 'Rookie Soldier 4: Sabotage' ended with a viewership rating of around 5%.
According to Nielsen Korea, a viewership rating research company, on the 30th, the final episode (episode 12) of ENA's Monday-Tuesday drama 'New Soldiers 4: Sabotage', which aired the previous day, had a viewership rating of 5.2% (nationwide), setting its own highest record.
In the last episode, the story of the soldiers who left the Shinhwa unit due to unit consolidation was depicted.
Major Kim Ha-na (played by Gong Min-jeong), an inspector who storms into the peaceful Shinhwa unit, announces the decision to merge the unit after investigating its assets.
Unit members swallow their regrets as they look back on the memories they had together in the dormitories and guard posts.
Three new recruits enter the Shinhwa unit, which is facing a crisis. Corporal Park Min-seok (Kim Min-ho), who welcomed his successor, hinted at the possibility of Season 5 by saying, "Let's do well in the future."
This work is the fourth season of โNew Soldiersโ, which runs for four years starting in 2022. This season, which started with 2.8%, achieved the highest box office success ever by increasing viewer ratings to the 5% range.
AI outlook โ possibilities, not facts
Due to the high viewer ratings of โRookie 4โ, production of season 5 will be discussed.
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