Rare kaon decays via Flavor Changing Neutral Currents are discussed in the context of the CKM unitarity triangle with a particular interest in the rare kaon decays K^+ --> pi^+ nu nubar and K^0_L --> pi^0 nu nubar. New results and the status of these experiments are reported.

8 pages, submitted to the proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Symmetries in Subatomic Physics, Adelaide, Australia, 13-17 March, 2000