Halloween is not celebrated in Korea but many kids go to English schools or have English teachers at their public schools and they celebrate the holiday there. At my school some of the teachers dress up and we take the classes to a room where we scare the kids and give them candy. I dressed up as the scream killer and another teacher at my school was a goblin nun.I scared the kids on the walk to the room by hiding around corners and jumping out at them, a few even fell over they were so scared(in the US this wouldn't be acceptable but it was expected of us here and the kids loved it,the more scared they were the happier they got) then we lead the classes in a pitch black room where the other teacher was hiding behind a table. Then I shut the door and waited until the hidden teacher was by the kids, then I turned on the lights and we screamed. The kids are scared and they love it. We then give them candy and had a brain box(pumpkin guts in a box that says brains on it) that the kids can stick their hand in, also there is Halloween music and the teachers have special lessons about the holiday for class that day. Other schools have similar celebrations. The English teachers at public schools even dress up.
At some schools all the teachers both Korean and Foreign dress up, pre-schools and daycares also celebrate the holiday. Most Korean kids are exposed to Halloween. They love it, they get candy and get out of their normal studying routine, so whats not to love. Many of the kids also dress up and they love this too.
I also know that many of the US military bases open their gates on Halloween and allow Korean and Foreign kids to come on base and go trick or treating. In Daegu their was a line of over 1000 kids a half hour before the event started.
