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6 `3 [; T2 m# l9 j: C7 i2 GS Korean hostage's husband posts tearful video- h |4 B! _& v6 l0 E
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/ ~! |6 [& I" J# P, 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. o. [4 M i* o' P. A |5 l6 k3 U* ?! G9 lRhyu 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.; V) t% k& R! l7 N& ]* c! b
" `; W1 I4 ~ t7 V4 J! 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. ) d7 |" u, a. R$ I" m) }3 I$ K/ j0 J H$ ]# {% x7 s$ ]) \
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." Q* ]4 w6 I: J: f0 V0 i9 g
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The Taliban are demanding the release of jailed insurgents in exchange for the Koreans and have already killed two male captives.% W% F6 J6 C/ f3 C' m" g
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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".7 E4 ?+ k; a& Q/ m/ I
8 M( ]3 Y" }# ]/ Q5 Y* u' iFamilies 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.. d2 A5 d6 ~ {9 C+ c4 Z
4 {" f2 ~" X0 X6 X"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.. Z' D. C3 H& A( Y" Q
6 R3 Q: P+ @7 f" IA 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." d1 t) i" V i6 s
