Jordan
1 January 1952; amended many times
Kazakhstan
first post-independence constitution adopted 28 January
1993; new constitution adopted by national referendum 30 August 1995
Kenya
12 December 1963; amended as a republic 1964; reissued with
amendments 1979, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2001; note - a
new draft constitution was defeated by popular referendum in 2005
Kiribati
12 July 1979
Korea, North
adopted 1948; revised several times
Korea, South
17 July 1948; note - amended or rewritten nine times;
current constitution approved on 29 October 1987
Kosovo
adopted by the Kosovo Assembly on 9 April 2008; effective 15
June 2008
Kuwait
approved and promulgated 11 November 1962
Kyrgyzstan
approved by referendum in November 2006
note: under the old constitution adopted on 5 May 1993, an amendment
proposed by President Askar AKAEV and passed in a national
referendum on 2 February 2003 significantly expanded the powers of
the president at the expense of the legislature; during large-scale
demonstrations in November 2006, President BAKIEV and the opposition
negotiated a new constitution granting greater powers to the
parliament and the government; amendments added on 30 December 2006
redistributed some power back to the president, but both November
and December 2006 versions were annulled in September 2007, and a
new version was approved by referendum on 21 October 2007; the
BAKIEV-initiated referendum was criticized by Western observers for
voting irregularities, particularly ballot stuffing
Laos
promulgated 14 August 1991