Carving Status at KŭmgangsanHonorable Mention for the 2024 James B. Palais Prize for English Language Scholarly books published on Korea from the Association for Asian Studies Winner of the 2022 Patricia Buckley Ebrey Prize sponsored by the American Historical Association An eye opening journey through time in Koreas Diamond Mountains North Koreas Kmgangsan is one of Asias most celebrated sacred mountain ranges, comparable in fame to Mount Tai in China and Mount Fuji in Japan.