Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan and China have resolved their border dispute
and are working to delimit their large open borders to control
population migration, illegal activities, and trade; delimitation of
boundary with Russia is scheduled for completion in 2003 -
delimitations with Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are complete with
demarcations underway - delimitation with Kyrgyzstan is largely
complete; equidistant seabed treaties have been signed with
Azerbaijan and Russia in the Caspian Sea but no resolution has been
made on dividing the water column among any of the littoral states;
no resolution of Caspian seabed boundary with Turkmenistan
Kenya
Kenya's administrative boundary still extends into the Sudan,
creating the "Ilemi triangle"
Kingman Reef
none
Kiribati
none
Korea, North
with China, certain islands in Yalu and Tumen rivers
are in uncontested dispute; a section of boundary around Paektu-san
(mountain) is indefinite; China objects to illegal migration of
North Koreans into northern China; Military Demarcation Line within
the 4-km wide Demilitarized Zone has separated North from South
Korea since 1953
Korea, South
Military Demarcation Line within the 4-km wide
Demilitarized Zone has separated North from South Korea since 1953;
Liancourt Rocks (Take-shima/Tok-do) are disputed with Japan
Kuwait
the Kuwait 1994 land and Khawr 'Abd Allah channel boundary
demarcation ended Iraqi claims to Kuwait and Bubiyan and Warbah
islands; Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are negotiating maritime boundary
with Iran
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan's constitutional court has ruled that 1,270 sq
km ceded to China in a 2000 delimitation agreement were legally
transferred; delimitation with Kazakhstan is largely complete with
only minor disputed areas; disputes in Isfara Valley delay
completion of delimitation with Tajikistan; serious disputes with
Uzbekistan around Uzbek enclaves mar progress on delimitation efforts
Laos
demarcation of boundaries with Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam
is nearing completion, but with Thailand several areas including
Mekong River islets remain in dispute; ongoing disputes with
Thailand and Vietnam over squatters
Latvia
the Russian Duma refuses to ratify boundary delimitation
treaty with Latvia; the Latvian Parliament has not ratified its 1998
maritime boundary treaty with Lithuania, primarily due to concerns
over oil exploration rights