Jordan
Court of Cassation; Supreme Court (court of final appeal)
Kazakhstan
Supreme Court (44 members); Constitutional Council (7
members)
Kenya
Court of Appeal (chief justice is appointed by the president);
High Court
Kiribati
Court of Appeal; High Court; 26 Magistrates' courts; judges
at all levels are appointed by the president
Korea, North
Central Court (judges are elected by the Supreme
People's Assembly)
Korea, South
Supreme Court (justices appointed by president with
consent of National Assembly); Constitutional Court (justices
appointed by president based partly on nominations by National
Assembly and Chief Justice of the court)
Kuwait
High Court of Appeal
Kyrgyzstan
Supreme Court; Constitutional Court (judges of both the
Supreme and Constitutional Courts are appointed for 10-year terms by
the Jorgorku Kenesh on the recommendation of the president); Higher
Court of Arbitration; Local Courts (judges appointed by the
president on the recommendation of the National Council on Legal
Affairs for a probationary period of five years, then 10 years)
Laos
People's Supreme Court (the president of the People's Supreme
Court is elected by the National Assembly on the recommendation of
the National Assembly Standing Committee; the vice president of the
People's Supreme Court and the judges are appointed by the National
Assembly Standing Committee)
Latvia
Supreme Court (judges' appointments are confirmed by
Parliament); Constitutional Court (judges' appointments are
confirmed by Parliament)