A New Spring In The Field Of Manchurian Cranes () is a 2025 North Korean television drama series broadcast on Korean Central Television.
Cast Ri Yu-gyong as Kyong-mi, an agricultural researcher Choe Hyon as Young-deok, a prosecutor who is Ri's boyfriend for more than four years.
Production The A New Spring In The Field Of Manchurian Cranes had the Exaggeration Prevention Act of 2022 which penalizes exaggerations and false reporting, especially in the agriculture sector.
Collaboration with Paeksok Farm in Sinchon County, South Hwanghae Province was credited in the production of the film. The usage of new filming techniques such as drone photography was also acknowledged.
Release It was originally aired on Korean Central Television from April 16 to June 24, 2025 and had 22 episodes. Two back-to-back episodes was broadcast every Wednesday which is atypical in North Korean television.
Reception Yee Ji-sun, a researcher at the Korea Institute for National Unification noted that the series adopted tropes typically seen in South Korean drama and interprets the shift as to divert North Koreans from consuming foreign media.
The July issue of the Geumsu Gangsan periodical reported that the A New Spring In The Field Of Manchurian Cranes had "high viewership ratings".
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