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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.- N9 u# n3 G/ ]( `
* A1 P2 v3 ^1 E4 rRhyu 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. * g8 Y# e8 \3 O3 R& e; v$ s3 {5 d# k" ~
"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 J1 q# J/ Z* ^( r/ ~+ P ) |4 z) _0 A$ D0 `, m& LHis 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. - y6 E F* ]( h$ }% ?, u4 V7 |7 v8 g6 P: Q5 _ M# D
The Taliban are demanding the release of jailed insurgents in exchange for the Koreans and have already killed two male captives.) Z7 |4 {; V7 O4 s
9 F: Q# z1 t3 L/ D"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". 0 l; D7 B& m7 d' l- n; `' G9 _, l3 v; q- y% X
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.. ~* Y0 a& y2 m" d8 I
: |0 ~: L% H/ e+ \9 N"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.- ^, N {3 D& B% m+ V \
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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.9 _1 E q& Y7 j
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- AFP
