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Oui Entertainment

South Korean entertainment company

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Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ67934408
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Oui Entertainment (Korean: 위 엔터테인먼트) is a South Korean entertainment agency founded in 2017 by Wee Myung-hee. The label is home to artists such as its artists include WEi, Kim Dong-han, Jang Dae-hyeon and Kim Yo-han, Kim Jun-seo and also manages the actress Kim I-on.

History

Founder Wee Myeong-hee has built a career in management and production in Shinchon Music, Pan Entertainment, and GnG Production, and served as a director of the Korean Entertainment Producers Association. After working at Pan Entertainment, she used her family name to create an agency with a name similar to it to produce Park Seon-ju's 4th album. As she moved to GnG Production as a producer, the operation was suspended for a while and then resumed operation in 2017.

On April 7, 2017, Kim Dong-han and Jang Dae-hyeon participated in the Mnet's survival variety show Produce 101 season 2, in which they ranked in the 29th and 83rd place. After the show, they respectively debuted in JBJ and RAINZ. After the disbandment of both groups, they started their solo careers.

On November 3, 2018, trainees Yoo Yong-ha and Kim Jun-seo took part in MBC TV's variety show Under Nineteen, through which they ended up being in the final lineup and they officially debuted in 1THE9 on April 13, 2019, After 17 months of activities, they disbanded in August 2020.

From May to July 2019, Kim Yo-han participated in the Mnet's survival variety show Produce X 101 and finished in first place. He made his official debut in X1 on August 27.

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The public source identifies “Oui Entertainment” as south Korean entertainment company. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Entertainment, South and Korean.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2017, 2018, 2019, 2020—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2017-06-26. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Entertainment, South and Korean providing the first useful test.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q67934408. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.

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This entry incorporates text from Oui Entertainment” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.