6 @3 a/ x3 }5 |( f& p( b# p4 E& SS Korean hostage's husband posts tearful video+ f6 V2 b" f& E5 Q. K' N, @: T
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" k9 x- |# B2 l5 I3 X* e$ 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. 2 S4 L' S9 q' E3 r$ d* y. n6 ^ , k& c5 F o) |Rhyu 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. 1 j9 n: I% q- a2 E; M 0 q. L0 q# p- m: t/ I4 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.6 ?; @& r5 D8 [- N
9 |. q) a* V+ M. FHis 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.7 O- |, n q7 Y' x$ `0 O# h
, U1 O. }; b0 u* f# ]0 `; sThe Taliban are demanding the release of jailed insurgents in exchange for the Koreans and have already killed two male captives./ a- f6 U& j4 r& N0 `
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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".' t2 o3 ~0 i9 R% b
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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.2 D8 H' B6 U- }( I. U% n/ |
# X! V2 ^% [% y: S% N' T"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.+ i) v* Z3 d" T; K l; [
6 m) p9 `! s" [3 _0 W0 u1 y' b1 jA 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 F6 L3 ~% e! `0 N- c( M8 N" P) y4 I) {( Z" }( s
- AFP
