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Kezilesu
Kezilesu (克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州), Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture, is China's only Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture, in far-west Xinjiang; founded 14 July 1954, seat Artux, 70,900 km², borders Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
KF Shkupi (Фудбалски Клуб Шкупи)
KF Shkupi (Фудбалски Клуб Шкупи), also FC Shkupi 1927, is a football club from Čair, Skopje, North Macedonia; founded 1927 as KF Zafer, four Macedonian titles, 2021/22 champion, relegated in 2025/26.
KF Skënderbeu Korçë
KF Skënderbeu Korçë, also KS Skënderbeu, is Albania's oldest football club, founded 1909 in Korçë; eight league titles, six consecutive in the 2010s, first Albanian club in a UEFA group stage, then a 10-year UEFA match-fixing ban.
KF Tirana
KF Tirana (Sport Klub Tirana), Albanian football club founded 15 August 1920 in Tirana; plays at 9,500-seat Stadiumi Selman Stërmasi; owned 66% Halili shpk, 34% Municipality of Tirana.
KFC
KFC, also known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is an American fried-chicken fast-food chain founded by Colonel Harland Sanders in Corbin, Kentucky, in 1952, now a Yum! Brands subsidiary.
KFC advertising
KFC advertising is the marketing program of KFC, the fried-chicken chain owned by Yum! Brands, best known for the rotating celebrity Colonel Sanders campaign and the 2018 "FCK" apology ad.
KFC in China
KFC in China (肯德基, Kěndéjī) is the Chinese operation of Kentucky Fried Chicken, the largest Western fast-food brand, with 12,997 restaurants in over 2,500 cities by end-2025.
KFC Original Recipe
KFC Original Recipe is KFC's signature fried chicken coated in Colonel Harland Sanders' secret blend of 11 herbs and spices, perfected around 1939-1940, split between two spice suppliers, and kept in a guarded vault at Louisville headquarters since 1970.
KFin Technologies
KFin Technologies, also known as KFintech, is an Indian registrar and transfer agent and fund administrator serving mutual funds and corporate issuers in India and abroad.
KfW
KfW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) is Germany's national promotional bank, founded in 1948 and owned by the federal government and states, financing businesses, housing, and development.
KFYR-TV
KFYR-TV is a television station in Bismarck, North Dakota, affiliated with NBC and Fox. It produces three and a half hours of live local news daily.
Kg Subramanian
Kg Subramanian is an Indian finance executive who serves as Managing Director and CFO at Nexus Venture Partners, which he joined in 2010 from Kotak Mahindra.
KG-1
KG-1 (CVCL_0374) is a human acute myeloid leukemia cell line established in 1978 by Koeffler and Golde from a 59-year-old man's bone marrow; its less differentiated subline KG-1a arose after 35 passages.
Kgalema Motlanthe
Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe (born 1949) is a South African politician, Robben Island prisoner, former NUM general secretary and ANC Secretary General (1997-2007), who served as South Africa's third democratically elected president from 25 September 2008 to 9 May 2009 and as deputy president 2009-2014.
Kgama
Kgama, known as Khama III or Khama the Great, was the Christian ruler of the Ngwato people of Bechuanaland (now Botswana) from 1875 to 1923.
KGB (Комитет государственной безопасности)
The KGB (Комитет государственной безопасности), the Soviet Committee for State Security, 1954–1991: successor to the Cheka, NKVD-era secret police; conducted foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, and dissent suppression; dissolved 1991 into the FSB and SVR.
KGBeast
KGBeast (Anatoli Knyazev, also The Beast), DC Comics Soviet assassin created by Jim Starlin and Jim Aparo, debuting in Batman #417's "Ten Nights of the Beast" (1988), known for his cybernetic gun hand and Cold War origins.
KGF (film series)
KGF (Kolar Gold Fields) is a two-part Kannada period action film series directed by Prashanth Neel, produced by Hombale Films, starring Yash as Rocky; Chapter 1 released 2018, Chapter 2 in 2022, grossing about ₹370 crore and winning National Film Awards.
KGF: Chapter 1
K.G.F: Chapter 1 (Kannada ಕೆಜಿಎಫ್: ಚಾಪ್ಟರ್ 1) is a 2018 Kannada period action film directed by Prashanth Neel, starring Yash as Rocky; ₹250 crore gross, National Film Awards for effects and action.
KGF: Chapter 2
KGF: Chapter 2 (ಕೆಜಿಎಫ್ ಚಾಪ್ಟರ್ 2), 2022 Kannada action sequel to KGF Chapter 1, directed by Prashanth Neel for Hombale Films, starring Yash; released 14 April 2022 in five languages, grossed over ₹1,250 crore, won two National Film Awards.
KGHM Polska Miedź
KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. is a Polish state-anchored mining and smelting group, among the ten largest mined-copper producers worldwide and the second-largest silver producer, employing over 35,000 people.
KGI Financial Holding
KGI Financial Holding Co., Ltd. is a Taiwanese financial holding company, established in 2001 by CDIB Capital Group and renamed from China Development Financial Holding in 2024, spanning banking, securities, and life insurance.
KGM Actyon (KGM 액티온)
The KGM Actyon (KGM 액티온) is a mid-size coupe SUV from South Korean manufacturer KG Mobility, formerly SsangYong, launched in 2024 as the first all-new model under the KGM name.
KGMB
KGMB, also known as KGMB-TV, is a CBS-affiliated television station in Honolulu, Hawaii. It signed on December 1, 1952 as the first television station in Honolulu.
KH domain
The KH (K homology) domain is a conserved protein module of about 70 amino acids that binds single-stranded RNA and DNA, first identified in human hnRNP K.
Kh-101
The Kh-101 (Russian: Х-101) is a Russian stealthy, air-launched cruise missile developed by MKB Raduga that entered service in 2012 with a range of about 2,500 km.
Kh-101 (Х-101)
The Kh-101 (Х-101; NATO name AS-23 Kodiak) is a Russian stealthy, air-launched cruise missile developed to replace the Kh-55, with a nuclear variant, the Kh-102.
Kh-22
The Kh-22, or Х-22 «Буря», is a Soviet long-range air-launched anti-ship cruise missile developed by the Raduga design bureau to attack aircraft carriers, in service from 1968.
Kh-31 (Х-31)
The Kh-31 (Х-31), NATO name AS-17 Krypton, is a Russian supersonic air-launched ramjet missile family with anti-radar (Kh-31P) and anti-ship (Kh-31A) versions, used by Russia in Ukraine since 2022.
Kh-35 (Х-35)
The Kh-35 (Х-35), NATO-named SS-N-25 Switchblade or AS-20 Kayak, is a Russian subsonic sea-skimming anti-ship cruise missile resembling the American Harpoon, launched from ships, aircraft, and coastal launchers.