Bo-eun leads the digital content team. She has covered foreign affairs, North Korea, tech, economy and gender issues at The Korea Times. She did a short stint at the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, where she obtained a new perspective on news production and life. Small sources of joy for her are lounging in the sun, having a good latte and swimming.
More Koreans interested in celebrating Halloween
/ Korea Times file
By Kim Bo-eun
Halloween is not a big occasion in Korea, but most Koreans are willing to celebrate it, a survey shows.
In a survey by online retailer Gmarket, 72 percent of respondents said they would take part in a Halloween party.
Young people were mostly interested, with 82 percent of those in their 20s saying they would like to take part. But 68 percent of people in their 40s also said they would participate.
While they were enthusiastic about taking part, 69 percent of all respondents said they had never celebrated Halloween.
Voted as the top 3 costumes were “Minions, (24 percent),” “Iron Man (20 percent)” and “Matilda from Leon (15 percent).”
Thirty-seven percent of respondents said they would like to dress as horror characters such as vampires and ghosts (37 percent), followed by movie characters such as Elsa and Iron Man (29 percent).