Korea Economic Institute (KEI) The Korea Economic Institute (KEI) is a not-for-profit, educational organization. KEI focuses its efforts in the economic area, but addresses all aspects of relations between the United States and the Republic of Korea. KEI receives a majority of its funding from the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), a Korean government public policy research institution in Seoul, Korea with economyfdiforeignpolicyrealestatesectorreportssectorssouthkorea