hostname not set correctly on MySQL 5.6 on Korean Windows

[Jennifer Roos]

I am new to mysql, so apologies if my question is extremely basic. I am having problems with getting the hostname to be displayed correctly in my MySQL 5.6 isntallation on a Korean Windows 2012 server. Someone else did the installation of this box, but I have attempted to get the hostname shown correct by updating the collation and character set in the my.ini file after installation.

select @@hostname returns ????
show variables like 'hostname' returns nothing


Here is the information about the system that I have:

1. 'localhost' on the windows command prompt returns '한국어'.

2. Doing 'show variables like 'char%' on the mysql command prompt with no database selected shows:
character_set_client euckr
character_set_connection euckr
character_set_database euckr
character_set_filesystem binary
character_set_results euckr
character_set_server euckr
character_set_system utf8
character_set_dir (this is the correct dir)

3. I have a database in this installation with Korean characters, and a show databases results in the following in the output:
'견본'

4. I have the following set in my.ini:
collation-server=euckr_korean_ci
character-set-server=euckr


We need to be able to get the correct hostname from our application, so I'm wondering if anyone can suggest something else for me to try?

thank you!
Jennifer