" Y1 W" Z, `" }+ t! c[flash]http://www.youtube.com/v/YA_yTkOCvus[/flash] + C( R# Q7 X; V5 K - Q2 L8 m N4 B& WS Korean hostage's husband posts tearful video % m7 C. ]' I6 M& a; }% m- P$ c* _$ r+ Z4 [. V0 p
9 u% s# s" Z1 o, e) A; ^7 H- @0 k. gThe 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.: w( P0 \, t/ n6 a$ v; z
( M/ Q' g, y8 e, s+ `, k; VRhyu 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.* _; k' n1 _+ W) u7 y+ V: J
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"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.' `8 l1 e! b; ~. i. 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.5 U2 G8 D. c9 K$ ]; g# d. w& X! h
' R% @# O* w; s/ W! _& `, d( _! pThe Taliban are demanding the release of jailed insurgents in exchange for the Koreans and have already killed two male captives.; T8 i5 S9 f1 |
. L0 a' K3 K6 F9 _, {"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".! H- _& f- I' l M" L. z
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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.# H9 k3 ?" u' t1 X' s" w0 o. q9 D
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"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. , w6 k5 S7 v u) H6 }* L( B! v9 V; h# _) z* o
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. ; h4 S/ g3 [1 Z D4 j t 2 @8 Z5 }' c- H" Q/ W- AFP
