The U.S. military operation that led to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will “inevitably create a significant sense of tension for North Korea,” but Washington is unlikely to pursue a similar “decapitation strike” against Pyongyang, a South Korean expert assessed on Monday.

Park Won-gon, a professor of North Korean Studies and International Politics at Ewha Womans University, made the remarks during a presentation at a foreign policy conference hosted by the Seoul-based East Asia Institute.

“North Korea and Venezuela are very different countries,” he said, emphasizing that a U.S. operation aimed at removing North Korea’s leadership is improbable.