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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." J+ t- A' B! H5 b
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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. 0 E, k. B7 H+ Q4 i% Q+ R, T/ D( q* A" H" n' d! U
"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.& X' H4 f# d% f( P- P
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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. + m* O4 M- `1 L) e& S( h5 @7 _9 T% W4 e- k |0 \! h* P
The Taliban are demanding the release of jailed insurgents in exchange for the Koreans and have already killed two male captives. 2 l7 L! ?3 i& p6 k* K, `+ {$ T e3 {0 o. {7 G, |" s! Z$ s* @"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: C4 ~- ~3 a
) [, [; }5 b, P/ w$ e) j8 N4 U: }4 ?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. 9 x0 A7 H0 G# [0 _1 D+ H& P# O* X' N. h/ B
"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. 8 C4 N5 u; w+ l0 l- r2 b9 w 5 }1 t1 _6 I3 U+ }" VA 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. 3 S+ T. J1 }2 V$ S9 s' A; B * H9 g& M7 w' g8 a- AFP
