ENBAYEV, co-chairs]; ASAR "All Together"
[Dariga NAZARBAYEVA, chairwoman]; AUL "Village" [Gani KALIYEV];
Civic Party [Azat PERUASHEV, first secretary]; Communist Party or
KPK [Serikbolsyn ABDILDIN, first secretary]; Communist People's
Party of Kazakhstan [Vladislav KOSAREV]; Democratic Party of
Kazakhstan [Maksut NARIKBAEV]; Otan "Fatherland" [Bakhytzhan
ZHUMAGULOV, acting chairman]; Patriots' Party [Gani KASYMOV];
Rukhaniyat [Altynshash JAGANOVA]

Kenya
Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-People or FORD-People
[Kimaniwa NYOIKE, chairman]; Kenya African National Union or KANU
[Uhuru KENYATTA]; National Rainbow Coalition or NARC [Mwai KIBAKI] -
the governing party

Kiribati
Boutokaan Te Koaua Party or BTK [Taberannang TIMEON];
Maneaban Te Mauri Party or MTM [Teburoro TITO]; Maurin Kiribati Pati
or MKP [leader NA]; National Progressive Party or NPP [Dr. Harry
TONG]
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
major party - Korean Workers' Party or KWP [KIM Jong
Il, general secretary]; minor parties - Chondoist Chongu Party [RYU
Mi Yong, chairwoman] (under KWP control); Social Democratic Party
[KIM Yong Dae, chairman] (under KWP control)

Korea, South
Democratic Labor Party or DLP [KIM Hye-kyung,
chairwoman]; Democratic Party or DP [HAHN Hwa-kap, chairman]; Grand
National Party or GNP [PARK Geun-hye, chairwoman]; United Liberal
Democrats or ULD [KIM Hak-won, chairman]; Uri Party [MOON Hee-sang,
chairman]

Kuwait
none; formation of political parties is illegal

Kyrgyzstan
Adilet (Justice) Party [Toychubek KASYMOV]; Agrarian
Labor Party of Kyrgyzstan [Uson SYDYKOV]; Agrarian Party of
Kyrgyzstan [Erkin ALIYEV]; Alga, Kyrgyzstan (Forward, Kyrgyzstan)
[Bolot BEGALIYEV]; Ar-Namys (Dignity) Party [Emil ALIYEV]; Asaba
(Banner National Revival Party) [Azimbek BEKNAZAROV]; Ata-Meken
(Fatherland) [Omurbek TEKEBAYEV]; Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan
[Klara ADZHIBEKOVA]; Democratic Movement of Kyrgyzstan or DDK [Jypar
JEKSHEYEV]; Erkin Kyrgyzstan Progressive and Democratic Party
[Bektur ASANOV]; Erkindik (Freedom) Party [Topchubek TURGUNALIYEV];
Future of Kyrgyzstan [Balbak TULEBAYEV]; Jany Kyrgyzstan (New
Kyrgyzstan) [Dosbol NUR UULU]; Kairan El [Dooronbek SAD