Based on the original story of writer Sin Un-yon, the story follows a female lawyer with outstanding skills who meets a married man who is a murder suspect and suddenly falls in a forbidden love.
The broadcasters have already commissioned two shows together, the spy thriller "Honey," and the second series of the mystery thriller co-produced with Netflix, "A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder."
Acquisitions of the series include a digital rights deal with BritBox for the US and English-speaking Canada, and Stan in Australia. BBC Studios has picked up "Protection" in a pan-territory deal covering Asia, India and the Indian subcontinent.