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S Korean hostage's husband posts tearful video2 |0 [$ \! ]5 n2 n2 K3 W' ?8 o+ {4 j
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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. $ f3 O/ X8 f: z* l* Q8 h4 }3 u6 Z 9 R9 O! X$ F2 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. ' v& o3 `: x5 U0 S- N8 n# g ' S% Y3 U s5 N0 P1 f- V) b0 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.; j2 L7 B7 `3 n' B+ R
9 \1 ]& m9 \4 N% o* L! dHis 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. 8 w, ~, W. q; n& W7 J5 N. l3 E$ u) l ; a4 ^ N0 A' IThe Taliban are demanding the release of jailed insurgents in exchange for the Koreans and have already killed two male captives.8 D8 [, Q* r2 o' e- s
3 E7 R; j/ D7 r( {9 i"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".7 Q+ b) e% p9 M8 G/ j0 R
' [, {, N6 @7 T' xFamilies 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. 1 w/ F3 ~) F# K& W ( Z7 Q; z0 k+ Y* w"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.* ?1 W* d7 a( P: G9 Y1 i
9 C# k, e- \' @0 ~& J. `3 SA 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. ( i4 b" h1 c* \, D1 q5 u; z7 s5 z1 n( Q- V$ {' o& d7 ]
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