Should a Clinton administration take office after the next general election, further sanctions on North Korea would remain an option, Kurt Campbell, former deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs said in Seoul on Tuesday.

In the opening speech of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies’s 2016 Plenum, Campbell – who also works closely with presidential candidate Hilary Clinton – refuted the notion that North Korea is one of the most sanctioned countries in the world.

“I would argue that in fact there are many countries that are more heavily sanctioned than North Korea. There are