SEOUL: A court here on Thursday ordered a repeat child sex offender be chemically castrated in the first of such decision in the country, China's Xinhua news agency reported.
With the decision by the Seoul Southern District Court, the 31-year-old man, surnamed Pyo, will be sentenced to 15 years in jail and given medication that inhibits sexual urges.
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