! l9 O( p5 C& h5 l[flash]http://www.youtube.com/v/YA_yTkOCvus[/flash] " X' y% r) _6 s2 g( c! E# @8 `4 P 2 }* G9 |' E& |S Korean hostage's husband posts tearful video 2 x3 C9 J, X8 s' ?3 P9 x ! ?$ P# [% s. C: W$ \; E b- J+ x$ W0 c( E# [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. 2 Y3 O0 y, j- M1 _ 5 g: g6 ]; V7 n! ^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" H$ ~4 v8 O* T
- r) v! f( b0 L; Q"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.7 W4 R! @8 w7 V- S
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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.* z* }2 `( e; Z ^: G; r# x
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The Taliban are demanding the release of jailed insurgents in exchange for the Koreans and have already killed two male captives. & ]% O, H h, u1 `" ], h6 P, d& h7 `% G# S+ N
"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". ; f8 x3 [6 j1 ^+ k$ @- R$ W [1 w/ I2 g3 H3 f' K r) `
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.. i" C( l) z" i6 W$ q
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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. 4 x5 A2 o7 X. m: S. C% f/ k0 R# D6 J
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.5 g" `1 @; {% t) A
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- AFP
