North Korea launched trash balloons on consecutive days over the weekend, ahead of the Chuseok fall harvest holiday, according to the South Korean military.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) announced at around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday and again at around 5:20 p.m. on Sunday that the DPRK had carried out more balloon barrages, the 19th and 20th launches since late May.

The ROK military spotted around 50 balloons that North Korea launched on Saturday, with 10 falling in South Korea, local media reported citing JCS. The military spotted another 120 on Sunday, of which 40 reportedlyfell in the