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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.) F4 ~% s( e# x, x" a
9 @& r3 |+ q- E4 WRhyu 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.4 l: S: ?5 S6 B! F. i$ D6 g
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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. , f8 \( B1 d6 W) c& ^+ l9 d 3 K) V6 `4 W6 e! }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.$ T& |+ V9 k5 q
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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. & |) e/ @: r9 B' `6 O6 O8 n, k1 T; C, a. P1 a" n2 K
"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". 0 f |/ x9 X) N) N 4 r& d& Y% g* ^% C, u; ^$ e: xFamilies 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.: D* p/ m7 W2 g! T; n
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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. 5 R. j0 i: @6 V1 D$ u* A3 `7 Y+ f8 }) L, I# e2 w
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. ; j, o& m- X7 @3 e) X% D- t8 q4 i# y: R
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