Congratulations to Ben R. Young, a current doctoral student in East Asian History, who published his first peer-reviewed article in the scholarly e-journal, The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. A revision of his MA Thesis, "Juche in the United States: The Black Panther Party’s Relations with North Korea, 1969-1971" examines how their shared principle of self-reliance, their common commitment to Third World revolution, and their mutual antagonism to US intervention around the world gave birth to a relationship between the Panthers and the North Korean leadership.