Japan and China have already taken clear-cut measures to safeguard their nationals and interests in the event of a looming military confrontation.Meanwhile, Korean civilians -- who would suffer most devastatingly as “collateral damage” on account of preventive strikes against North Korea -- remain singularly and inexplicably vulnerable as well as thoroughly unprepared for the possibility.Bewilderingly, South Korea’s opposition to such strikes has yet to be delivered to the US in an unequivocal a