# c% Q5 Z* E% R为敦促塔利班释放南韩人质,人质的家属准备在各大网站中播出更多的录影带。 9 a5 ? Q, H4 z. J5 q; r* e7 v
人质家属的代表车成民(译音)接受“韩国日报”访问时说:“我们已经多次发出呼吁,可是这还不能够传达我们焦虑的心情。”8 l& U2 z4 Q$ [: f
( |, I' _( D; @3 g+ Q& g* @S Korean hostage's husband posts tearful video 4 B+ ]% u- g2 _ 3 f( q) j; I" i7 H5 Z4 b5 T* O) I- Z: c5 H# X7 O, }
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. 7 ?- Y# m) [( P) `5 t ) t" t$ P4 c8 v6 C3 o! J( ~% l0 mRhyu 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. & i4 y3 A2 k$ V0 B/ K. Z$ L# O8 | 2 x% `+ y6 H4 P# l8 ^+ h"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.+ r& m/ Y) p: _: ~3 U
" d" r& [0 ]8 _7 t- n( J% THis 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. 7 k; h& o/ F. t% p/ u; U % a* N! w) K2 z1 s" rThe Taliban are demanding the release of jailed insurgents in exchange for the Koreans and have already killed two male captives. $ b% p/ `% `7 n9 I: u) _5 o& m) p, P" i) T0 N& |$ U
"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".8 l8 J0 Z3 d2 q% K: d3 M4 `
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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. # o% Y0 @( f6 j% |, H5 o- E: f' k# V3 x
"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. {- d+ R! O7 Z# ?" F- x! ~
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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. : {! h( E% `' G2 m# Q9 f @( R% |7 K7 Z( d; F
- AFP