Seoul Is Voting Right Now. The Person Who Wins Today Inherits a City That Is Running Out of People — and Doesn’t Know How to Welcome New Ones.

bcdW East Asia Series · Week 1 · June 3, 2026. South Korea’s simultaneous local elections. The Seoul mayor elected today inherits a fertility rate of 0.72, 783,000 foreign residents living parallel to Korean society, and a demographic crisis no policy has slowed. Six cities from the new bcdW network — Barcelona, Bologna, Vienna, Amsterdam, Nairobi, and Medellín — each have something specific to say to whoever wins. bcdW Current Today · East Asia Series · June 3, 2026 · bcd-w.xyz