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The arrow goes over the handle, at the beginning of the upper limb.

From my point of view you are talking about anchoring, not releasing.
Keeping the string at full draw is a way to aim carefully, but you absolutely need a sharp and fast release after that.
for shooting at a moving taget, the usual technique of instinctive shooting and snapshot release are of course the rule, but the asian bows need absolutely full draw to give the best results, so be really careful to reach your anchor point before releasing.

Happy new year, bright idea, but difficult to make for me into town...

You are using the tfingers release ,aren't you? I had the same result with the finger release, but straight with the thumb ring.

Teaching archery and its traditions keeps it alive.

Here it is, please forgive my poor english.
"An expedition to Korea
By M;H. Zuber, former marine officer.
Partial translation of his text relating the french expedition to Korea in 1865-1866.

(...)Under the yumon, long buildings, some of them made of stone, some made of wood, are used a government store. It would not be possible to enumerate everything which was inside when the town was taken. Over the weapons in huge quantities, cannons loaded by the breech, matchlock rifles, javelines, axes, bows, armor. Over the gunpowder, candles which seem to be subject of a monopoly, irons, and so on. We also found lots of books and huge stocks of paper. Most of the books, some of them being ornated with remarkable paintings, belong now to the Paris National Library.(...)

(...)After the madarin left, taking back to his master a negative answer, many fights happened with korean troops. These troops behaved well, and showed military skills and a kinf of bravery. We could see, during these battles, that bows, javelins ans head crushers, found in so huge numbers in the stores of Kang-ha, are not any more used, and are now completetly replaced by matchlock rifles. This weapon, whose butt ts too short to put to the shoulder, is of difficult use. The shooter needs a parapet, a door-frame, or, on the field, the shoulder of another man to hold the weapon and to give it a proper direction. The korean cannons are for the true little formidable, and when their projectiles reached their target, it was pure hazard. Some soldiers were wearing armor. Made of an iron helmet, with red feather, armbands and iron stich waders and finally a large wearing reinforced with boiled leather plates superimposed and hold together by big nails, these armors are not bulletproof. (...) "

Well, in short...

The style is typical from the usual point of view of this time.
The civilized westerners come to barbarian korea because some missionaries were killed, and it was important to teach to the barbarian how powerful the civilized people were...
He was extremely surprised to find some books even into the poor's houses, at this time most of the poor westerners could not read or write...

About archery, he says that he found many bows and arrows into the armouries, but during the battles they were never used, only matchlock rifles with small handle, so not to hold by only one man, because it could not be locked on the shoulder. Another man's shoulder was used to hold the canon, or a kind of fork. You know better than me what I am trying to talk about.

About the picture, it was probably made with a korean guy holding a bow found into the armouries, using the bow and arrows being at this time a sign of primitive civilization.
I do not know if at this time holding the bow and arrows was still usual into the korean army, for display or parade?

If you want, I could make a short translation, even if my english is far from good.

I have the pictures, will be reading the article tonight, thank you very much !

This kind of bow was usual into french art, and considered as the "typical asian bow"... Maybe this artist never went to Korea...