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S Korean hostage's husband posts tearful video9 I4 O5 C/ w E+ ^
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' G2 O5 R' A0 ?$ f% ]1 pThe 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.; H3 h8 h6 l& K7 G8 ^# v3 c- C
* e7 P6 X$ o4 ORhyu 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 q: N1 t7 f3 N4 n
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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 X+ K1 x- s6 k& }; q9 l' L: L$ j, k. T6 G# b9 n' ~) v
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. + X4 H% P- M( F; K, `6 M- q% R8 U, R- |: k6 V. F Y8 y& F
The Taliban are demanding the release of jailed insurgents in exchange for the Koreans and have already killed two male captives. & R6 P" H, G; B1 e5 D7 K' N* J, i 3 b% H% t4 b& `+ y"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". $ ~; Q& z$ j! S% U* M+ U& [1 i: {: T1 [1 a- X8 y- W: J
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.4 s7 B+ ?9 m9 v2 _
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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. # W* v9 |! e f; {( |! R6 W $ g N- Y: D; }; B. `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. ; `+ X' [) K; }$ J K9 d1 S3 X' X 7 q. g& d; I3 Y: K3 Z1 r- AFP
