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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. 7 X$ @) c+ t3 f$ p3 O) i9 Z( W' z 5 n0 _! j% ~9 S8 pRhyu 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. - \8 Y1 y6 m; U* q: ?/ M5 ^: s7 @+ q
"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. 0 w" H& e5 `6 d, {4 c2 p+ }/ C K- R# E% C
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. $ R- d2 R3 P. Q# k9 j4 I: F" u+ H3 [9 L3 |/ M
The Taliban are demanding the release of jailed insurgents in exchange for the Koreans and have already killed two male captives.* t) v: y+ r7 B+ c
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"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". 3 n- r9 [. K& B" M7 @$ c 0 X1 K) R( S( w* qFamilies 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. 9 p3 g1 C: x( r 0 N Y: o- S: I) \! R8 a- 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. / d/ r" i3 I( r+ o2 J B- m& G% Y0 U: t. N% V
A 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. 4 H$ y/ B2 G$ i, |& F$ M; N6 E3 Z V. X% R8 Z7 y! u1 V- AFP
