Talk:Mount Kumgang

Merger

I suggest a merger of this article with Kumgangsan Tourist Region for the following reasons:

• The two are completely interdependent, and
• the Tourist Region article merely describes the economic (and political) use of the area around the mountain.

Kokiri 30 June 2005 15:17 (UTC)

However, the range would e there whether the actual reigon existed or not. I merley suggets a re-structuring of the two articles - In particualr, the movement of the infomation on tourism to the Kumgangsan Tourist Region page, and the addition of geographicla, as oppossed to economic and political infomation to the Kumgangsan page.

USer: Bobkindles

Agreed. --Menchi 3 July 2005 10:14 (UTC)

Note: above was in response to Kokiri's suggestion, not the subsequent one. -- Visviva 12:04, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

If we knew anything at all about the political structure, population, etc., of the Kumgangsan Tourist Region, I would oppose this merge. As it stands, though, it seems unlikely that the KTR article will ever come to contain anything aside from general information about the "Kumgangsan area" -- which may or may not actually be pertinent to whatever region is within the boundaries of the KTR. -- Visviva 12:04, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

More information that could be added…

This mountain has no co-ordinates. Also, somebody could write a short paragraph in the origin of the name Diamond Mountain, or the role of the mountain in literature/poetry in East Asia, or some of the legends that involve Kumgangsan… Kokiri 30 June 2005 16:08 (UTC)

I've done the co-ordinates, but the stuff on the name and legends I haven't. Kokiri 13:30, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

金 Kŭm or Kim

Isn't 金 pronounced Kim? Is Kŭm another acceptable pronunciation as well? --Menchi 3 July 2005 07:44 (UTC)

Yes. The gim (김) pronunciation is unique to the Korean surname; in every other context I'm aware of, the character is pronounced geum (금). See Wiktionary entry. -- Visviva 3 July 2005 11:34 (UTC)