You don't have to commit genocide to be "genocidal." It's an adjective that means either "involving or relating to" to the act. Similarly we say someone is "su

You don't have to commit genocide to be "genocidal." It's an adjective that means either "involving or relating to" to the act. Similarly we say someone is "suicidal" but that doesn't mean they have committed suicide. Having or displaying an attitude or a policy that could kill lots of people(presumably the OP is referring to North Korea" can be correctly labeled genocidal.