ecretary]; Forum of Democratic Forces [Nurbulat MASANOV, Deputy
Chairman of the Republican People's Party of Kazakhstan (RNPK);
Amirzhan KOSANOV, RNPK activist; Seidakhmet KUTTYKADAM, Orleu
Movement; cochairmen]; Labor and Worker's Movement [Madel ISMAILOV,
chairman]; Orleu Movement [Seidakhmet KUTTYKADAM]; Otan [Sergei
TERESCHENKO, chairman]; Pensioners Movement or Pokoleniye [Irina
SAVOSTINA, chairwoman]; People's Congress of Kazakhstan of NKK
[Olzhas SULEIMENOV, chairman]; People's Cooperative Party [Umirzak
SARSENOV]; People's Unity Party or PUP [Nursultan A. NAZARBAYEV];
Republican People's Party of Kazakhstan or RNPK [Akezhan KAZHEGELDIN]

Kenya:
Democratic Party of Kenya or DP [Mwai KIBAKI]; Forum for the
Restoration of Democracy-Asili or FORD-A [Martin SHIKUKU, secretary
general]; Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-Kenya or FORD-K
[Michael Kijana WAMALWA]; Forum for the Restoration of
Democracy-People or FORD-People [Kimaniwa NYOIKE, chairman]; Kenya
African National Union or KANU [President Daniel Toroitich arap MOI]
- the governing party; National Development Party or NDP [Raila
ODINGA, president]; SAFINA [Farah MAALIM, chairman]; Social
Democratic Party or SDP [Dr. Apollo NJONJO, secretary general and
Justus NYANG'AYA, chairman]

Kiribati:
Maneaban Te Mauri Party [Teburoro TITO]; National
Progressive Party [Teatao TEANNAKI]

note: there is no tradition of formally organized political parties
in Kiribati; they more closely resemble factions or interest groups
because they have no party headquarters, formal platforms, or party
structures

Korea, North:
Chondoist Chongu Party [YU Mi-yong, chairwoman];
Korean Social Democratic Party [KIM Pyong-sik, chairman]; major
party - Korean Workers' Party or KWP [KIM Chong-il, General
Secretary]

Korea, South:
Grand National Party or GNP [YI Hoe-chang, president];
Millennium Democratic Party or MDP [KIM Dae-jung, president]; United
Liberal Democrats or ULD [KIM Chong-p'il, honorary chairman, KIM
Chong-ho, acting president]

note: on 20 January 2000, the National Congress for New Politics or
NCNP was renamed the Millennium Democratic Party or MDP

Kuwait:
none; formation of political parties is illegal

Kyrgyzstan:
Agrarian Labor Party of Kyrgyzstan [Uson S. SYDYKOV];
Agrarian Party of Kyrgyzstan [Arkin ALIYEV]; Ata-Meken Socialist
Party or Fatherland [Onurbek TEKEBAYEV]; Bann