This image depicts workers in Seongbuk-gu, northern Seoul, handling waste contained in a balloon originating from North Korea on June 25. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) reported that over 40 balloons carrying trash crossed the border from North Korea and landed in northern Gyeonggi Province overnight. The JCS detected more than 200 balloons flying from North Korea between 5 p.m. Thursday and 5 a.m. Friday, with approximately one-fifth of them landing in South Korea. Residents of Seoul were alerted around 5:50 p.m. Thursday that a North Korean balloon had entered South Korea's territorial airspace. The balloons primarily contained paper trash, and as of Friday morning, no safety hazards had been identified. In response to North Korea's actions, the JCS issued a statement warning of consequences for the regime and stating that South Korea's military would take necessary actions. North Korea had resumed sending its trash balloons after a 22-day hiatus, prompting South Korea's military to resume loudspeaker broadcasts directed at North Korea from 6 p.m. Thursday until 5 a.m. Friday. The Gyeonggi Bukbu Provincial Police Agency reported receiving 66 emergency calls related to the trash balloons, with no damages reported as of 5 a.m. Before this incident, North Korea was estimated to have launched over 2,000 trash-carrying balloons since late May, in response to propaganda leaflets criticizing the North's Kim Jong-un regime being floated across the border.