6 b# G: B5 C+ C1 r) T5 C1 jThe husband of one of 21 South Korean hostages held by the Taliban has posted a tearful YouTube video to his "dearest wife", saying he hates himself for sleeping while she suffers in Afghanistan.+ G$ e% Z# m. ?/ o# q5 J6 Z& ?
7 Z; i* E' Y: ~( J! _Rhyu Haeng-Shik, 36, appealed tearfully for his wife's release in the first of a series of home videos made by relatives of the hostages.9 e% v! q" {- X4 I+ N( X" z
4 P% `, z7 u; x" i; J: h"You must be very sick and in hard conditions, and I disgust and hate myself for eating and sleeping," he said, according to the caption in English. ' e' F7 z- i" u% R6 N, P3 z% C6 v 6 p0 T$ W1 A N# }' X, lHis wife Kim Yoon-young, 35, and 22 other Korean aid workers were seized on July 19 while travelling by bus in insurgency-plagued southern Afghanistan. 9 y2 {- V4 T, o; Z4 _6 { U, j# U7 k. b# O7 z
The Taliban are demanding the release of jailed insurgents in exchange for the Koreans and have already killed two male captives. & l+ V% G* d; V; @ ; J+ \6 w% b0 B& g. C"I earnestly hope you can get over this difficult time with healthy and positive thoughts [of meeting again] while keeping your dear children in mind," Mr Rhyu said in the two-and-a-half minute video entitled "To my dearest wife in Afghanistan".: K' B, V. D$ P" ^3 n4 n& @7 Z% j
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Families of the hostages plan to post the videos on major internet sites at home and abroad in an appeal to the Taliban and the world.$ Y2 ~+ @( { b: }) O' \
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"We have announced appeals several times but they were not enough to convey our anxiety," Cha Sung-Min, a representative of the families, told the Korea Times. 4 P7 v, h1 G( Q ; Q$ @3 C5 l/ H' f! R( r/ VA former program director from a TV company is helping with production of the clips, which will have subtitles in Korean, English and an Afghan language. 3 e3 ~9 s! x: b2 b& n* Z' i- ]; e1 f, O2 |2 Q" R: v
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