# Logstash has problem charset encoding non utf-8

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-has-problem-charset-encoding-non-utf-8/365418>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 22, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-has-problem-charset-encoding-non-utf-8/365418 "2024-08-22T23:56:59Z")\
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I use kafka - ELK stack for gathering logs.  
all the servers in our company use EUC-KR encoding.

when the logstash input sets euc-kr

and output stdout plain charset =\> "EUC-KR" (the logstash provides euc-kr in plain plugin)

but korean is broken.  
in KAFKA server. all the datas are not broken.

so I think kafka input or plain plugin has problem using euc-kr encoding.

how can I solve this problem?