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S Korean hostage's husband posts tearful video 5 K6 D# M6 W$ f, L / ]" n/ F6 v! O) F : i" M% p$ r/ v. U/ c$ O# j. U9 ^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. ' L! X K9 s R) S 6 i/ r6 D( l( V& C6 R1 Q4 W) jRhyu 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. " Y2 k9 Q7 m+ i! E. |# i8 w4 ~ , [ x0 a$ {9 `4 u) g+ M"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.) S, I9 @# C' H, g2 ^) {8 d0 `
1 W$ O. h8 j* P9 D' OHis 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. . S$ P5 i- E+ x: n+ I& q$ ^; R ( I5 l9 e" _1 j6 @The Taliban are demanding the release of jailed insurgents in exchange for the Koreans and have already killed two male captives.& b" ~4 y4 E2 ^
8 {' k5 F( u, ^5 o$ G4 p"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". " g6 K+ _8 I! _2 c0 ^. ? ! o0 ~6 R8 Z* KFamilies 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. N- B1 ^9 U2 k9 m! | , I. C4 o6 _9 D5 i" x; E+ ~) q3 c"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. ) o6 W: J' w9 R n1 B 6 R C5 H0 R2 L" b, D" Z: HA 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. o* L" f7 z/ b
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