U.S. Ban of iPods to North Korea

This is very unique. The U.S. is going to make it tougher on Kim Jong-Il to get his items of luxury. This is the first time the United States has made an trade sanctions of this kind.
This is in cooperation with the United Nations and is the first time ever to include goods such as iPods and and cognac. It would be the first time also that the goods are not things like military buildups or weapon design.
I am in support of anything that may defer development of nuclear weapons by a nation that can use them on innocent people. My opinion is Kim Jong-Il will find an alternative to getting the things he enjoys.
He enjoys many luxuries such as French wines, American movies and luxury vehicles. . Kim Jong Il enjoys gourmet meals and many North Koreans cannot afford to feed themselves.
It seems like a double standard when he enjoys the cognac, the French wines, and Television when he supports a "system" that is meant for economic equality for all. Most North Koreans are very poor so that matches his standard of "economic quality," everyone is destitute. He also supposedly supports a government system where the needy are to be helped by the government. He sure left his people down by staving how many to death.
North Korea is one of the few Communist countries left in the world. It is also a country where you need permits to leave your own village or neighborhood. A country where the people show a great fear of criticizing their leaders. North Korea is notorious for its prison camps. The prison camps have been reported to torture people, to the point where people are in severe disbelief when it is observed.
Are economic sanctions like this helpful? I would have to say the U.S. won't be helping Kim Jong-Il get his cognac and sports cars any longer. I feel other nations as well should support these sanctions.
Kim Jong-Il should be forced to live like his citizens for two years. No cognac or sports cars. Just the terrible conditions most North Koreans live in. Maybe he would understand the agony and despair that they endure.