Jordan
Arab Ba'ath Socialist Party [Fuad DABBOUR]; Ba'ath Arab
Progressive Party [Tayseer al-HAMSI]; Call Party [Mohammed Abu
BAKR]; Democratic People's Party [Ablah al-ULBAH]; Democratic
Popular Unity Party [Sa'ed DIAB]; Islamic Action Front or IAF
[Hamzeh MANSOUR]; Islamic Center Party [Marwan al-FA'OURI; Jordanian
Communist Party [Munir HAMARNEH]; Jordanian National Party [Mona Abu
BAKR]; Jordanian United Front [Amjad al-MAJALI]; Life Party [Thaher
'AMROU]; Message Party [Hazem QASHOU]; National Constitution Party
[Ahmed al-SHUNAQ]; National Current Party [Abd al-Hadi al-MAJALI];
National Movement for Direct Democracy [Mohammed al-QAQ]
Kazakhstan
Adilet (Justice) [Maksut NARIKBAYEV, Zeynulla
ALSHIMBAYEV, Serik ABDRAHMANOV, Bakhytbek AKHMETZHAN, Yerkin
ONGARBAYEV, Tolegan SYDYKOV] (formerly Democratic Party of
Kazakhstan); Agrarian and Industrial Union of Workers Block or AIST
(Agrarian Party and Civic Party); Ak Zhol Party (Bright Path)
[Alikhan BAYMENOV]; Alga [Vladimir KOZLOV] (unregistered); Auyl
(Village) [Gani KALIYEV]; Azat (Freedom) Party [Bolat ABILOV]
(formerly True Ak Zhol Party); Azat NSDP [co-chaired by Bolat ABILOV
and Zharmakhan TUYAKBAY]; Azat and NSDP united in 2009, but the
authorities have refused to register Azat NSDP as a single party;
Communist Party of Kazakhstan or KPK [Serikbolsyn ABDILDIN];
Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan [Vladislav KOSAREV]; National
Social Democratic Party or NSDP [Zharmakhan TUYAKBAY]; Nur-Otan
[Bakhytzhan ZHUMAGULOV] (the Agrarian, Asar, and Civic parties
merged with Otan); Patriots' Party [Gani KASYMOV]; Rukhaniyat
(Spirituality) [Altynshash ZHAGANOVA]
Kenya
Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-Kenya or FORD-Kenya
[Musikari KOMBO]; Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-People or
FORD-People [Reuben OYONDI]; Kenya African National Union or KANU
[Uhuru KENYATTA]; National Rainbow Coalition-Kenya or NARC-Kenya
[Martha KARUA]; Orange Democratic Movement or ODM [Raila ODINGA];
Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya or ODM-K [Kalonzo MUSYOKA]; Party
of National Unity or PNU [Mwai KIBAKI]; Shirikisho Party of Kenya or
SPK [Chirau Ali MWAKWERE]
Kiribati
Boutokaan Te Koaua Party or BTK [Taberannang TIMEON];
Maneaban Te Mauri Party or MTM [Teburoro TITO]; Maurin Kiribati Pati
or MKP; 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]; minor parties - Chondoist Chongu Party [RYU Mi Yong] (under KWP
control), Social Democratic Party [KIM Yong Dae] (under KWP control)
Korea, South
Democratic Party or DP [CHUNG Sye-kyun] (formerly the
United Democratic Party or UDP); Democratic Labor Party or DLP [KANG
Ki-kap]; Grand National Party or GNP [AHN Sang-soo]; Liberty Forward
Party or LFP [LEE Hoi-chang]; New Progressive Party or NPP [ROH
Hoe-chan]; Pro-Park Alliance or PPA [SUH Choung-won]; Renewal Korea
Party or RKP [SONG Yong-o]
Kosovo
Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo or PShDK [Ton
MARKU]; Alliance for a New Kosovo or AKR [Behgjet PACOLLI]; Alliance
for the Future of Kosovo or AAK [Ramush HARADINAJ]; Alliance of
Independent Social Democrats of Kosovo and Metohija or SDSKIM
[Ljubisa ZIVIC]; Bosniak Vakat Coalition or DSV [Sadik IDRIZI];
Citizens' Initiative of Gora or GIG [Murselj HALJILJI]; Democratic
Action Party or SDA [Numan BALIC]; Democratic League of Dardania or
LDD [Nexhat DACI]; Democratic League of Kosovo or LDK [Fatmir
SEJDIU]; Democratic Party of Ashkali of Kosovo or PDAK [Berat
QERIMI]; Democratic Party of Bosniaks [Dzezair MURATI]; Democratic
Party of Kosovo or PDK [Hashim THACI]; Independent Liberal Party or
SLS [Slobadan PETROVIC]; Kosovo Democratic Turkish Party of KDTP
[Mahir YAGCILAR]; New Democratic Initiative of Kosovo or IRDK
[Xhevdet NEZIRAJ]; New Democratic Party or ND [Predrag JOVIC]; New
Kosovo Alliance or AKR [Behxhet PACOLLI]; Reform Party Ora [Teuta
SAHATCIA]; Serb National Party or SNS [Mihailo SCEPANOVIC]; Serbian
Democratic Party of Kosovo and Metohija or SDS KiM [Slavisa
PETKOVIC]; Serbian Kosovo and Metohija Party or SKMS [Dragisa
MIRIC]; Serbian National Council of Northern Kosovo and Metohija or
SNV [Milan IVANOVIC]; Social Democratic Party of Kosovo or PSDK
[Agim CEKU]; Socialist Party of Kosovo or PSK [Emrush XHEMAJLI];
United Roma Party of Kosovo or PREBK [Haxhi Zylfi MERXHA]
Kuwait
none; formation of political parties is in practice illegal
but is not forbidden by law
Kyrgyzstan
Ar-Namys (Dignity) Party [Feliks KULOV]; Ata-Jurt
(Homeland) [Kamchybek TASHIEV, Akhmat KELDIBEKOV]; Ata-Meken
(Fatherland) [Omurbek TEKEBAEV]; Butun Kyrgyzstan (All Kyrgyzstan)
[Adakhan MADUMAROV, Miroslav NIYAZOV]; Respublika [Omurbek BABANOV];
Social-Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK) [Almazbek ATAMBAEV]
Laos
Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [CHOUMMALI Saignason];
other parties proscribed