International Attention Given to Yemeni Civil WarFocus on South Korean MediaYounghHo ParkDoshisha UniversityAuthor NoteThis paper was prepared for Comparative Politics instructed by Professor Tina Ottman.The Middle East has been considered as a powder keg by international society, with global concerns being regularly expressed by the United Nations and leaders of countries over the conflicts and humanitarian crises in the region. Aware of the conflicts and humanitarian crises, global citizens have been both directly and indirectly providing aid through different channels. Aid from outside is certainly preventing humanitarian situations in the Middle East from further exacerbation; however, it is not actually making an impact on these crises in the long term.While global awareness is a precondition for providing assistance, a significant gap was observed between the levels of global attention given to respective issues in the Middle East discussed throughout the course, Comparative Poli6" Laub, 2016); in fact, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States, United Kingdom, France, Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and former President Ali Abdullah Saleh are all reported to be engaged in the Yemeni Civil War. Among them, Iran and Saudi Arabia are two primary backers of the Houthis and Hadi’s troops respectively, a fact frequently reported in several news outlets ( Hyperlink "http://www.cfr.org/experts/world/zachary-laub/b19316" Laub, 2016; Hyperlink "https://www.thenation.com/authors/laura-kasinof/" Kasinof, 2015; Malsin, 2016). Additionally, the United States is the only Western country that has become directly involved in the war very recently. For this reason, the case of Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United States will be briefly discussed below to study the reasons behind their involvement.First, Iran and Saudi Arabia are both alleged to have incited military conflicts for their own geopolitical interests. Iran shares similar political interests with the Houthis: challenginjured, and 2.2 million people are internally displaced as of the end of October 2016; in fact, 18.8 million people out of the current population of 27.4 million are in need of humanitarian help (U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs [OCHA], 2016a). This is to say, seven out of 10 persons have been affected by the civil war and are in need of help from outside. The current situation in Yemen is so severe that it is even worse than the globally well-recognized humanitarian crisis in Syria. A report published by the same organization, OCHA, indicated 13.5 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in Syria (OCHA, 2016b, p 7). While the ratio of people in need relative to the population of the country is higher for Syria, the pure number of people affected by civil war in Yemen exceeds that of Syria. The statistics from OCHA and the statement from the U.N. together give an understanding how catastrophic the impact of Yemeni civil war has been to its citizens.A of the civil war and the humanitarian issue in the country. It is important to note that quality of the articles was not examined thoroughly due to a lack of research tools, which counts as a limitation; however, as shown in Table 2, such a disparity in the number of publications is evidence enough to demonstrate a lack of public interest in the Yemeni civil war.Next, the numbers of viewers of online articles published by SBS on each issue were studied to compare the public interest. Based on the results generated by Naver, a total of two articles published by SBS within the given period cover the topic of the Yemeni civil war. The title of each article can be translated into English as “Saudi Arabia halts air raid for 48 hours in Yemen” and “Hadi, president of Yemen, rejects UN peace treaty,” where the publication dates are November 19th and October 30th in 2016 respectively (“Results,” 2016b). The article titled “Saudi Arabia halts air raid for 48 hours in Yemen” was accessed on Novhttp://www.reuters.com/" http://www.reuters.com/Greenwald, G. (2016, October 11). U.S and U.K. continue to actively participate in Saudi war crimes, targeting of Yemeni civilians. The Intercept. Retrieved from http://www.theintercept.com/Hatem, M. (2012, February 14). Yemen's Houthi rebels vow to boycott presidential elections. Bloomberg. Retrieved from Hyperlink "http://www.bloomberg,net/" http://www.bloomberg,net/Houthis call for boycotting early Yemeni presidential elections. 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