diff --git a/release.ps1 b/release.ps1
index f6433e0..1e5b2e6 100644
--- a/release.ps1
+++ b/release.ps1
@@ -174,9 +174,11 @@ if ($DryRun) {
 $headers = @{ Authorization = "token $env:GITEA_TOKEN" }
 
 # Extract notes from CHANGELOG.md
+# IMPORTANT: PowerShell 5.1 Get-Content defaults to ANSI; use .NET API for UTF-8 (Korean).
 $notes = "Release $Version"
 if (Test-Path CHANGELOG.md) {
-    $changelog = Get-Content CHANGELOG.md -Raw
+    $changelogPath = (Resolve-Path CHANGELOG.md).Path
+    $changelog = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($changelogPath, [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8)
     $pattern = "## \[$([regex]::Escape($VersionRaw))\][\s\S]*?(?=`n## \[|\z)"
     $regexMatch = [regex]::Match($changelog, $pattern)
     if ($regexMatch.Success) { $notes = $regexMatch.Value.Trim() }