{"id":135,"date":"2026-05-25T03:38:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T03:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asianewscast.com\/2026\/05\/25\/seoul-court-hearing-set-for-youtuber-over-claims-against-top-actor\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T03:38:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T03:38:59","slug":"seoul-court-hearing-set-for-youtuber-over-claims-against-top-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asianewscast.com\/?p=135","title":{"rendered":"Seoul court hearing set for YouTuber over claims against top actor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"layout layout--onecol\">\n<div class=\"layout__region layout__region--content\">\n<section data-title=\"Leaderboard  01 Article\" class=\"block block-ad-entity block-ad-displayleaderboard-01-article clearfix\">\n<div class=\"block-title\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div id=\"ad-entity-fVPRN0Vgalo\" class=\"ad-entity-container not-initialized\" data-ad-entity=\"lb01_mobile\" data-ad-entity-type=\"Adobe_Ad_Entity\" 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