South Korean woman sings for 60 hours to cheer up sick husband

A South Korean woman has set an unofficial world karaoke record after singing nearly 1,000 songs in just under 60 hours.

Kim Seok-ok dropped to the floor after her marathon effort, which she said she undertook to cheer up her sick husband.



She beat, by 36 minutes, the record set by a German man last year, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.

Ms Kim sang for 59 hours and 48 minutes, with a break of just a few minutes every hour, witnesses at the bar in Seoul said.

She did not even sit down, even though the rules say she can.

The 52-year-old said she did it for her 45-year-old husband who is fighting a brain tumour.