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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. 7 [8 O( [6 \' j# ~# F# P! P6 k ' E( _+ {1 ]+ x" O) U6 Y" @! |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.$ I, Z( `+ O' N' B
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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. : j/ |' D2 Q# h. t- t6 [9 q. V2 |5 A ( Q7 m) h! H8 I9 n* C kHis 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.' W3 ]# q& ]" z
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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 C- r2 V. Z) j" @! ?% f. ~
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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. # e1 j, S- Z1 i9 `9 x* v) L/ ] ) R6 ^* \1 m, f- I1 G1 yA 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.2 M* h% q5 H% b3 H! ^+ o& e; K
