Acronyms Used by Asian / Pacific Studies' Scholars:
a Dictionary

ACRONYM	LONG NAME	CATEGORY	A PART OF	COUNTRY

K

| KA | KC | KD | KE | KG | KH | KI | KK | KL | KN | KO | KP | KR | KS | KT | KU | KW | top |

KA back
KAAC	Korean Artists Association	group	---	UK
KAF	Korean-American Forum	periodical	SKAS	US
KAHS	Korean American Historical Society	group	---	US
KAIST	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology	---	---	South Korea
KALD	Jack Halpern's The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary	---	---	Japan
KASA	Kentucky Asian Studies Association	group	Berea College, KY	US
KASSH	Karnataka Academy for Social Sciences and Humanities	body	---	India
KASTN	Korean-American Science and Technology News	periodical	SKAS	US
KC back
KCA	Korea Communication Association	group	---	South Korea
KCJS	Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies [formerly, Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies]	group	Columbia U.	US
KCNA	Korean Central News Agency (North Korea)	body	---	Japan
KCTOS	Knowledge, Creativity and Transformations of Societies Conference	meeting	Research Institute for Austrian and International Literature and Cultural Studies	Austria
KD back
KDDS	Korean Document Delivery Service	---	EAL	US
KDI	Korea Development Institute	---	---	South Korea
KDPS	Kanji Dictionary Publishing Society	group	---	Japan
KE back
KEEI	Korea Energy Economics Institute	body	---	South Korea
KEI	Korea Economic Institute of America	body	---	US
KH back
KHRW	Kurdish Human Rights Watch	body	---	US
KG back
KGSC	Korean Graduate Studies Conference	meeting	ANU	Australia
KI back
KIAS	Key Issues in Asian Studies booklet series	program	The Association for Asian Studies	US
KIEP	Korea Institute for International Economic Policy	body	---	South Korea
KIET	Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade	body	---	South Korea
KIIS	Korean Institute of International Studies	body	---	South Korea
KIMEP	Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics, and Strategic Research	---	---	Kazakhstan
KIT	Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen (Royal Tropical Institute)	---	---	The Netherlands
KITLV	Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde	---	---	The Netherlands
KK back
KKASB	Korean Korean-American Studies Bulletin	periodical	Yale U.	US
KKN	Khmer Krom Network	body	---	US
KL back
KLEC	Korean Language Education Clearinghouse	---	Monash U.	Australia
KN back
KNS	Korea News Service (North Korea)	body	---	Japan
KO back
KOA	Kashmiri Overseas Association	group	---	US
KOCCA	Korea Culture and Content Agency	body	---	South Korea
KOHD	Katalogisierung der Orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland	---	---	Germany
KOIS	Korean Overseas Culture and Information Service	body	Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism	South Korea
KORA	Center for Black Sea and Central Asia	body	Middle East Technical U.	Turkey
KOSNET	Korean Language Study on the interNET	body	---	South Korea
KP back
KPI	Korea Policy Institute	---	---	US
K-PP	Korea-Pacific Program	program	IR/PS	US
KR back
KRH	Korea Research Hub	project	U. of Leeds and the U. of Sheffield	UK
KRIHS	Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements	---	---	South Korea
KRSEA	Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia	periodical	CSEAS	Japan
KRVIA	Kamala Raheja Institute of Architecture and Environmental Studies	---	---	India
KS back
KSAA	Korean Studies Association of Australasia	group	---	Australia
KSE	Korea Stock Exchange	body	---	South Korea
KSI	Korean Studies Institute	body	U. of Southern California	US
KSIG	Korean Studies Institutution Grant	---	AKS	South Korea
KSNet	Korean Studies Net	---	AKS	South Korea
KSP	Korean Studies Program	program	APARC	US
KSP	Korean Studies Program	program	Universidad de Chile	Chile
KT back
KTRA	Korea Trade Research Association	group	---	South Korea
KU back
KUNA	Kuwait News Agency	---	---	Kuwait
KW back
KWAKH	Kurdish Womens Action Against Honour Killings	---	---	UK

L

| LA | LC | LD | LE | LI | LK | LM | LP | LR | LS | LT | LU | top |

LA back
LAF/FLA	Luso Asian Forum / Forum Luso-Asiatico	body	---	Macau/China
LAP	Libraries of Asia Pacific	resource	National Library of Australia	Australia
LASA	Libraries & Archives in South Asia	resource	U. Chicago	US
LASEMA	Laboratoire Asie du Sud-Est et Monde Austronesien	body	CNRS	France
LC back
LCA	Department of Languages & Cultures of Asia	body	UW-Madison	US
LD back
LDNB	Liberal Democracy Nepal Bulletin	periodical	NSC	US
LE back
LEAS / IAO	Lyon Institute of East Asian Studies / l'Institut d'Asie Orientale	body	---	France
LERC	Lebanese Emigration Research Center	body	Notre Dame de Louaize University	US
LEWI	David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies	body	Hong Kong Baptist U.	China
LI back
LIAS	Leiden Institute for Area Studies (formely known as Leiden University Research School of Asian, African and Amerindian Studies (CNWS )	body	Leiden U.	The Netherlands
LIPI	Lembaga Illmu Pengetahuan Indonisia	---	---	Indonesia
LK back
LKYSPP	Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy	body	National U. of Singapore	Singapore
LM back
LMEI	London Middle East Institute	body	SOAS	UK
LP back
LPEM	Institute of Economic and Social Research	body	U. of Indonesia	Indonesia
LR back
LRF	Laogai Research Foundation	body	---	US
LT back
LTBA	Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area	periodical	SEALANG	US
LTWA	Library of Tibetan Works & Archives	body	Tibetan Government in Exile, Dharamsala	India
LU back
LUTEA	Land Use in Temperate East Asia Project	project	Colorado State U.	US

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