(2nd LD) Lee calls for stepped-up efforts to acquire nuclear-powered submarines | Yonhap News Agency

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(ATTN: UPDATES with more info, background in paras 10, 13-18)By Park Bo-ramSEOUL, May 26 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday instructed officials to accelerate efforts to fulfill South Korea's plan to acquire nuclear-powered submarines.The president made the call during a Cabinet meeting,