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S Korean hostage's husband posts tearful video: p) }9 o1 u; Q8 X# Y. L! C
5 {! i* I: ^; g3 d4 L( S6 b# M, \% v " N$ t9 r1 O3 k& i" \4 ~1 N4 ]The 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.; f8 _3 E+ q* d1 Q! _* x% Z2 R
v; ?: O1 ]# H& t3 gRhyu 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. ( j" `! N& l9 M8 d& n ' p2 H5 |: z" q, R$ d' n"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. : g J" J. }* P 4 u) {/ b; p4 ]& [8 o. x2 JHis 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. 3 ] @/ E+ z, m3 U' t9 K" _: \/ t- {' o
The Taliban are demanding the release of jailed insurgents in exchange for the Koreans and have already killed two male captives./ ?) `7 O5 K4 E4 Y& _
3 D' N# Z+ Z; Z' M, i3 ^"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". - _+ k1 G, e) d" i4 r/ k6 g |8 g, b! K) z' Z @+ `6 t" y" `
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.5 \3 p* M. n0 `1 c5 V
8 {( P. p3 N: [5 M8 O7 q) V"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 q1 k0 [) |% n4 Q# l9 ^
/ [8 U, O) Y; \: f5 LA 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.2 j; B& r; _' k5 J( j1 q# r
