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9 f& t& R5 g& Z% ~4 b; y8 _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.5 p* r, e; m7 N1 [& j7 W( c" R! h
$ R! ^$ a! d* @- |/ uRhyu 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. - n3 g6 ]6 [' H7 J6 F) b6 J3 z$ G; B* w
"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.. E0 V( t! i4 Z+ H
0 r: w! s r. O, `/ SHis 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. / P" u5 K. }5 i( l* Z/ y1 | @* @, @3 F4 Z5 ?The Taliban are demanding the release of jailed insurgents in exchange for the Koreans and have already killed two male captives., y! m# M1 K9 m& o( B
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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". ! U$ _( K9 Q+ I# C, L 9 e8 G: o4 s) e$ J1 X: p% LFamilies 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.& T% P8 K$ u, M; e$ s
5 z9 a/ c2 D5 ~; F% ?: 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. 0 d" e$ W3 m# G" K; A' m8 e 0 X8 V' l9 t" p) K) G6 QA 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 K' U N" n; L" T4 y5 k' R5 M- O6 [# |3 D" x1 J5 Q- B! ~4 ]: K _. i
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