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$ k x1 g; n, g& h" \6 vThe 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! G+ [6 s6 K5 G+ v( X
3 p- a- B% d9 F7 L% w# e% u$ KRhyu 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./ b3 M7 L a9 y4 F3 c
0 V8 v9 ?' i% n"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. ; _- J( W/ u& s ) ]7 x3 m3 b( D/ j* d/ z7 k( iHis 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. 5 p# {' @& ^2 x0 V$ ? d9 \ - f9 X$ @, D! r- U5 l: u* V* Q8 RThe Taliban are demanding the release of jailed insurgents in exchange for the Koreans and have already killed two male captives.' }' ~9 r' P; J0 l0 N" A
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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".; ~9 B8 x1 @" p9 b* x+ O
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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. 6 }9 O; @0 W7 @! h& W# D3 b& C! D4 b1 T! Q# Z6 U7 U# C! v0 G4 [7 J
"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.: i( N+ C0 a3 }6 K
# A: x' k* S. c( ?! q; ?! aA 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.$ p E, T# S. Z
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