Stories - Seoul

NEWSLETTER: Free Alexei Gorinov

Summer films, songs & reading, in local democracy. Also: Dem Next to Kashmir

COLUMN: How the UK Lost Its Cities

Birmingham was once the world's best governed city. Now it's insolvent.

Our Lost 'Civic Gospel'

The U.K.'s national elections obscure a local crisis.

How Culture Frustrates Democracy

Our patriarchy and economic obsessions have slowed democracy—and inspired backlash.

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Make Your Council Bigger

Better cities have bigger city parliaments.

Seoul of Seoul photo by Bruno Kaufmann

March to Democracy Events

A busy March for democracy.

Mayor Park Won-soon in 2014

After the Mayor's Death

After suicide and scandal, Korean local democracy finds new life.

Global Forum 2016: How Cities Fix Democracy

Reykjavik, Vienna, Seoul, Los Angeles and Bern: these are pioneering cities in terms of modern participatory...