Kenya:
administrative boundary with Sudan does not coincide with
international boundary

Kingman Reef:
none

Kiribati:
none

Korea, North:
33-km section of boundary with China in the Paektu-san
(mountain) area is indefinite; Demarcation Line with South Korea

Korea, South:
Demarcation Line with North Korea; Liancourt Rocks
(Takeshima/Tokdo) disputed with Japan

Kuwait:
in November 1994, Iraq formally accepted the UN-demarcated
border with Kuwait which had been spelled out in Security Council
Resolutions 687 (1991), 773 (1993), and 883 (1993); this formally
ends earlier claims to Kuwait and to Bubiyan and Warbah islands

Kyrgyzstan:
territorial dispute with Tajikistan on southwestern
boundary in Isfara Valley area; periodic target of Islamic
insurgents from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan

Laos:
parts of the border with Thailand are indefinite

Latvia:
draft treaty delimiting the boundary with Russia has not
been signed; has not ratified 1998 maritime boundary agreement with
Lithuania (primary concern is oil exploration rights)

Lebanon:
Syrian troops in northern, central, and eastern Lebanon
since October 1976; Lebanese government claims Shab'a Farms area of
Israeli-occupied Golan Heights as a part of Lebanon from which
Hizballah conducts cross-border attacks

Lesotho:
none

Liberia:
large refugee population from civil war in Sierra Leone

Libya:
Libya claims about 19,400 sq km in northern Niger and also a
part of southeastern Algeria

Liechtenstein:
Liechtenstein's royal family claims restitution for
1,600 sq km of land in the Czech Republic confiscated in 1918

Lithuania:
Latvia has not ratified a 1998 maritime boundary
agreement with Lithuania (primary concern is oil exploration
rights); 1997 border agreement with Russia not yet ratified by Russia

Luxembourg:
none

Macau:
none

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
dispute with Greece over
its name; February 2001 agreement with Yugoslavia settled alignment
of boundary, stipulating implementation within two years

Madagascar:
claims Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands,
Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island (all administered by France)

Malawi:
dispute with Tanzania over the boundary in Lake Nyasa (Lake
Malawi)

Malaysia:
involved in a complex dispute over the Spratly Islands
with China, Philippines, Taiwa