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]; Banner National Revival
Party or ASABA [Chaprashty BAZARBAY]; Democratic Movement of
Kyrgyzstan or DDK [Jypar JEKSHEYEV]; Democratic Women's Party of
Kyrgyzstan [T. A. SHAILIYEVA]; Dignity Party [Feliks KULOV]; Erkin
Kyrgyzstan Progressive and Democratic Party [Tursunbay Bakir UULU];
Justice Party [Chingiz AYTMATOV]; Movement for the People's
Salvation [Jumgalbek AMAMBAYEV]; Mutual Help Movement or Ashar
[Jumagazy USUPOV]; My Country of Action [Almazbek ISMANKULOV];
National Unity Democratic Movement or DDNE [Yury RAZGULYAYEV]; Party
of Communists of Kyrgyzstan or KCP [Absamat M. MASALIYEV]; Party of
the Veterans of the War in Afghanistan [leader NA]; Peasant Party
[leader NA]; People's Party [Melis ESHIMKANOV]; Poor and Unprotected
People's Party [Daniyar USENOV]; Republican Popular Party of
Kyrgyzstan [J. SHARSHENALIYEV]; Social Democratic Party or PSD [J.
IBRAMOV]; Union of Democratic Forces (composed of Social Democratic
Party of Kyrgyzstan or PSD [J. IBRAMOV], Economic Revival Party, and
Birimdik Party
Laos:
Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [KHAMTAI Siphandon,
party president]; other parties proscribed
Latvia:
Anticommunist Union or PA [P. MUCENIEKS]; Christian Democrat
Union or LKDS [Talavs JUNDZIS]; Christian People's Party or KTP
[Uldis AUGSTKALNS]; Democratic Party "Saimnieks" or DPS [Ziedonis
CEVERS, chairman]; For Fatherland and Freedom or TB [Maris
GRINBLATS], merged with LNNK; For Human Rights in a United Latvia
[Janis JURKANS], a coalition of the People's Harmony Party or TSP,
the Latvian Socialist Party or LSP, and the Equal Rights Movement;
Green Party or LZP [Olegs BATAREVSKI]; Latvian Liberal Party or LLP
[J. DANOSS]; Latvian National Conservative Party or LNNK [Andrejs
KRASTINS]; Latvian National Democratic Party or LNDP [A. MALINS];
Latvian Social-Democratic Workers Party (Social Democrats) or LSDWU
[Juris BOJARS and Janis ADAMSONS, leaders]; Latvian Unity Party or
LVP [Alberis KAULS]; Latvia's Way or LC [Andrei PANTELEJEVS]; New
Christian Party [Ainars SLESERS]; New Faction [Ingrida UDRE]; "Our
Land" or MZ [M. DAMBEKALNE]; Party of Russian Citizens or LKPP [V.
SOROCHIN, V. IVANOV]; People's Party [Andris SKELE]; Political Union
of Economists or TPA [Edvins KIDE]
Lebanon:
political party activity is organized along largely
sectarian lines; numerous political groupings exist, consisting of
individual political figures and followers motivated by religious,
clan, and economic considerations