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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. 9 P; M8 o6 f2 t) `+ ], B $ _; G/ ]- g6 P1 H: LRhyu 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. 9 T/ s: T5 V7 w) C! x4 C- ?/ J# G# [) ~( j8 I
"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.1 l5 R: ~7 i7 G8 V% w
, O/ u/ r; f1 j. ?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.3 Q0 Q1 k8 o8 Y* y Q, O
( I8 X3 f9 f1 f1 |, DThe Taliban are demanding the release of jailed insurgents in exchange for the Koreans and have already killed two male captives. ' C) Q7 G( q! w1 q # {5 w& N5 ~- j1 N' _* V, C* ^"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 i+ V2 L7 m4 ] X: [0 b0 [* r! P7 I5 a6 U1 a; p( P
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. ) Z/ k& y1 J3 }7 Z- y( a / o# e% C2 G! S5 c2 c: l1 D"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. ) B4 ]: G7 q7 v+ ^4 m. I9 }: V( c4 f$ ^4 U7 ]# K* R' p5 z/ D) p
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.. @2 g! x! [$ W. A% l$ N
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- AFP
