4 o+ W- w0 Z# g6 y) P! {S Korean hostage's husband posts tearful video " T$ k; Y$ C& r8 @( W % i* T: O- Z7 ]2 z7 a+ P, o8 p5 x) P6 ~# A r' n6 p
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. 8 x5 l( o6 B' a% y' @2 | 2 k4 B; j" X+ N2 h' o4 IRhyu 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. ' S6 S& T2 P' ^ / h2 e% C- ~' g"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. ) W6 w y" ~7 { . h0 ]8 O. z' \% @# _4 I' ^! B. kHis 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. 5 k& O$ s L$ S4 k" Q: @$ A% R6 U4 B% L' u& n4 [
The Taliban are demanding the release of jailed insurgents in exchange for the Koreans and have already killed two male captives. 4 [& U9 s0 }( b! ^) b' L) { 1 w* C6 j3 w8 a9 o% x" ["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".% x [9 k- K" {2 I& ] j% e4 b
- I2 v- n+ _; |3 @1 Z- S* [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. ) R/ m+ @% i! E; P$ z9 M 8 D) A, A T u"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.6 O# n) I+ x6 F. L
+ @; O5 ~' m) H/ ~9 S* A. uA 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. + ^, K$ x) C9 e( ]. u% A8 w+ Q s3 a
- AFP
