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Thomas Maresca
Thomas Maresca (@ThomasMaresca) is a journalist based in Seoul who has covered the Koreas for UPI, USA Today and other outlets.
The U.S. dedicated a new addition to the Korean War memorial on Washington’s National Mall on Wednesday, adding the names of nearly 44,000 soldiers killed in the conflict with North Korea to a new Wall of Remembrance.
The dedication ceremony took place on the 69th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended hostilities in the 1950-1953 war.