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8 J* a1 M" h) u! p; i% BThe 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.6 }4 W( G6 w- L" Y/ d
9 T' }, C5 S6 t* _4 aRhyu 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. 2 H" _% k: q. @' `. {) U& ^! j0 \* v
"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 c3 \5 N: K7 h: q2 L
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His 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. ; C& |# r: R- G r4 ~4 v% l. [9 L2 ^8 b7 O) _+ [6 h: s
The Taliban are demanding the release of jailed insurgents in exchange for the Koreans and have already killed two male captives. : M/ w+ H2 o6 n% |% ~# }, X, ^* o1 B0 w9 ]
"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". ! D7 F( E" `! ~7 Q" ` x - r: V# z: o' r/ JFamilies 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. " L% L% g& N |+ o9 k4 V# `* z H' b4 h# x1 ]7 l' y
"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.2 h4 T, ^5 q% s' T# v5 B
& e, H9 u& V& i# J% c/ y0 M+ E/ KA 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.1 s e8 W& _, k( L. ~% }
