A Thai undertaker brought a coffin with a body to a petrol station to demonstrate that the extra fuel he needed was for cremation, not black market resale, amid an energy-saving drive due to the US-Israel war on Iran.

A Thai undertaker’s extreme mission to prove he was not hoarding fuel went viral over the weekend after he brought a coffin containing a body to a petrol station to convince attendants the extra fuel he needed was for cremation, not black market resale. Thais have been pressed into energy-saving mode by the US-Israel war on Iran, which has throttled oil and gas supplies to much of Asia. Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul insists there is enough fuel for over three months, while the...