% O z. F! M/ F& w# Z8 iS Korean hostage's husband posts tearful video 4 k. R. x9 p" P( A ; \# v4 p/ h6 ]8 }/ v2 F+ k' m. w( h: I( I' f$ c7 P
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.# H$ } @8 U! x, d: [& h
0 {0 W8 E; l5 ~, T% X, L) t! Y# dRhyu 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. " U& S( Y Q( C1 o" `+ o5 {1 C 4 h% |8 R( _( R3 {"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.4 j2 ?4 C! g1 g
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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., t9 R. l( d! {
8 C0 t z+ t4 B! _The Taliban are demanding the release of jailed insurgents in exchange for the Koreans and have already killed two male captives.; C8 S X! E; q& c8 s
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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".6 K5 ^: ~; S: b, \8 a
' J0 p6 E; ? P* M1 {7 x$ EFamilies 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. . j! H/ \: p4 U' j5 [" G' J " @5 ~+ N& M$ M6 G" {( r9 ~"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. - k; m' M1 ?7 D % V. u* y( [. f7 c# t1 ^8 t7 a4 _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.+ z+ d# m% k8 P5 {
