diff --git a/lib/common.py b/lib/common.py
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+# common.py
+import os, yaml
+
+def load_config():
+    """
+    conf/config.yaml 파일을 UTF-8로 읽어 파이썬 dict로 반환
+    """
+    path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'conf', 'config.yaml')
+    with open(path, encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        return yaml.safe_load(f)