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& L/ M8 K- ?5 b) B$ E7 _4 H% tS Korean hostage's husband posts tearful video# E. M: k0 Q5 e( _2 i! ]
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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. $ d4 f! G) s" N; k" ?5 B 0 {# H5 l: \) o- {+ g: B6 {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." q- H' q2 H( D. v
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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. 3 u# l4 i' [) b# \" Z+ X* h& C: v0 b7 s9 u, ^- M" u
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. & h& {& e1 ?& I8 j }1 i ; S% p( }& j/ u2 p4 W6 _1 w! Q. U3 tThe Taliban are demanding the release of jailed insurgents in exchange for the Koreans and have already killed two male captives.) j% h3 g$ J7 O* y8 V6 u0 T
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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".+ A; w: b, H7 \9 R4 |
$ ]2 R0 l% c* z6 G- S$ B: q. eFamilies 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 \8 ?& Q: }$ y5 a+ _! h6 k, V+ W) ?- }3 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. , ?# P0 {9 b1 p- X: m0 R9 }9 j/ N) A: T. T/ J
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. 8 g3 r$ U, y2 Z) ~6 c5 c: a( F! g' |+ | x7 R$ E0 r
- AFP
