Los Angeles City Council to name crossroads 'SM Entertainment Square'
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SM Entertainment Square [SM ENTERTAINMENT]
The Los Angeles City Council will name the crossroads between 6th Street and Oxford Avenue "SM Entertainment Square," honoring the efforts of the agency and its founder Lee Soo-man in the success of spreading K-pop and Hallyu, or the Korean Wave, into the overseas market.
The city council decided last week to dedicate a street in honor of K-pop and its success in the U.S. market for the first time ever.
![The SM Entertainment Square sign put up at the Intersection of 6th Street and Oxford Avenue in Los Angeles, California. [SM ENTERTAINMENT]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2020/11/06/3be8189f-e3ba-4c8b-ade8-d5e04891498c.jpg)
The SM Entertainment Square sign put up at the Intersection of 6th Street and Oxford Avenue in Los Angeles, California. [SM ENTERTAINMENT]
“We want to express our respect for the innovative contributions that SM Entertainment and executive producer Lee Soo-man have made to the music industry while leading K-pop onto the world stage,” said Los Angeles City Councilman Herb Wesson.
Park Kyung-jae, the consul general for Los Angeles, congratulated SM Entertainment on its achievement and hoped for an even brighter future for K-pop, saying, "I hope that SM Entertainment evolves into the hub of the Korean entertainment industry in the heart of [Los Angeles], home to film and culture industry.
"I hope to see that just like the New York Times Square, the SM Entertainment Square in [Los Angeles] will be a place for young people from all over the world to join."
SM Entertainment will also build a multi-cultural complex SMT at the Square, the agency said.
BY YOON SO-YEON [yoon.soyeon@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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