abcnewsradio:

(SEOUL) — A South Korean law that allows judges to sentence sex offenders to chemical castration went into effect on Sunday, local news agencies reported.

The process, which uses chemicals to reduce an individual’s sex drive, can last up to 15 years and will reportedly be coupled with extensive therapy. The sentencing can only be applied to sex offenders who have attacked minors.

South Korea is the first Asian country to enact such a law.

Science meets Law and legislation, and for, what I believe, are very good intentions - but at what cost? What are the long term effects of this practice? Does it really work?     

abcnewsradio:

(UNITED NATIONS) — The United Nations World Food Programme has begun to airlift emergency food supplies to the Somali capital of Mogadishu after the flight was delayed on Tuesday.

The agency is flying 10 tons of food to the region after the U.N. declared a famine in two southern areas of Somalia last week.

Somali officials have said that 3.5 million people are at risk of starving in the country. Islamist extremist groups that control most of the country had forbidden any aid shipments until recently.