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PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Kim ? The impetus for the talks came in  Kim âs annual New Yearâs speech on January 1  when  he  proposed direct discussions with Seoul âover the issue of improving inter-Korean relations by our nation itself â with the goal to âdefuse the current military tension.â  Kim  also welcomed the upcoming Winter Olympics as a âgood occasion for demonstrating our nationâs prestige â and said  he  wanted to send a delegation.
But while the bilateral talks were widely praised in South Koreaâs media  the US media seemed like a deer caught in the headlights from the first announcement of the breakthrough. Unclear how to respond to a possible outbreak of peace  the press immediately zeroed in on the section of Kimâs New Yearâs speech where he declared that his ânuclear forces are capable of thwarting and counteringâ anything from the United States.  Kim  also reminded Washington that the ânuclear buttonâ is on  his  office desk âall the time.â
Although the Supreme Leader left out some of the harsh anti-US language heâs used in previous declarations  the implied threat became the story for nearly every US media outlet covering his New Yearâs speech. At CNN  for example  reporter Brian Todd went on the air to warn Wolf Blitzer that the prospect of talks was dangerous because it could mask a North Korean military attack during the Olympics. In some broadcasts  Kimâs offer to talk  and Moonâs quick endorsement  were barely mentioned.
 Kim âs reference to  his  nuclear arsenal also drew a typical response from President Trump.  He  took to Twitter to declare that  he   too  had a âbutton â but it was âmuch bigger & more powerfulâ than Kimâs.  His  childish taunt quickly led to speculation about  his  state of mind and fitness to be president  a topic that dominated the White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sandersâs first media briefing of the year.
Asked at a press briefing at Camp David about the potential for negotiations with Kim  he replied: âSure  I always believe in talking.â¦ absolutely I would do that.â Trump âappeared to be strongly indicating that he would join talks with North Korea after the high-level inter-Korean talks  if the conditions are right â South Koreaâs liberal Hankyoreh concluded.
In the lead-up to the talks in Seoul  the mood was close to jubilant. âHopes are high that inter-Korean relations will improve â Hankyoreh reported on January 4. âSince  Kim  delivered  his  New Yearâs address on Jan. 1  North Koreaâs actions have been completely aligned with the Southâs response.â
The pace was set early on by The New York Times  in a front-page story on January 1 posted literally hours after  Kimâs New Yearâs speech .  It  instantly became the leitmotif for media coverage throughout the week.
Behind Kimâs New Yearâs declaration âlies a canny new strategy to initiate direct talks with South Korea in the hope of driving a wedge into its seven-decade alliance with the United States â reported Choe Sang-Hun and David Sanger  the latter a recipient of dozens of US intelligence leaks about North Korea over the years.
In the Choe-Sanger article  the Times cited Robert Litwakâa senior vice president at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars who is well-known in Japan and Korea for his hard-right views on security issuesâto back its claim that Kim is seeking to âtake the side of the South Koreans  against President Trump.â He was then given a large block of space on the Timesâs January 3 op-ed page to spell out his grave concerns for the wayward South Koreans.
âWashington and Seoul should not take Mr. Kimâs bait â Litwak argued. âInstead  the North Korean offer should be put to the diplomatic test through a united Washington-Seoul front.â
Yet despite the clear signals of disapproval from US hard-liners   the Moon and Kim governments pressed on   saying  they  would soon embark on âworking-levelâ talks to discuss the details of the Northâs participation in the Olympics  the family visits  and âsolve bilateral issues among  themselves  without relying on outsideâ forces  according to the Joongang Daily.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity David Inscho ? The recent settlement capped a case that began with a descent into depression and paranoia in Janene Wallace's late twenties and eventually resulted in imprisonment  a nearly three-month stint in solitary confinement and finally  a death by hanging   family attorney David Inscho  said.
At the time of  her  suicide  the George W. Hill Correctional Facility was run by private prison operator Community Education Centers but the company was recently acquired by another prison operator called The GEO Group. Pablo Paez  a representative for The GEO group  declined to comment on the litigation but said that "GEO was in no way involved with the management of the facility at the time of these allegations."
Wallace then refused to bathe  made irrational statements  rubbed menstrual blood on a shower wall and accused the guards of trying to hurt her  according to emails between officials at the facility that were provided by  Inscho . She was placed in solitary confinement and a sign was put on her door that warned that she was "unstable" and instructed staffers to "use caution."
"What she needed was a mental health evaluation and mental health treatment. That never happened "  Inscho  said. "She was mentally ill. She needed help."
After more than 50 days in solitary  which included a guard telling her to "go ahead and choke yourself" following a threat from Wallace that  Inscho  said was made after a period of 85 hours of uninterrupted confinement  she hung herself from a vent with her bra.
David Byrne  warden of the Hill facility  did not immediately respond to a voicemail seeking comment about Wallace's death. But  according to a transcript of a deposition provided by  Inscho   he has admitted that something went wrong.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Donald ] Trump ? The Trump administration has told lawmakers that  it  wants $18 billion over the next decade for the initial phase of a Mexico border wall  laying out for the first time a detailed financial blueprint for the president's signature campaign promise.
"President [Donald]  Trump  has said  he  may need a good government shutdown to get  his  wall. With this demand   he  seems to be heading in that direction " said Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois  the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee's immigration subcommittee.
Though  Trump  ran for office on a promise that Mexico would pay for a border wall  the spending plan indicates American taxpayers would fund it for at least the foreseeable future.
 Trump  has told Democrats  he  is unwilling to reach an agreement unless they fund  his  wall plan  among other measures  but the CBP document is the first time  his  administration has sketched out what that might cost.
Democrats have repeatedly said they will not pay for a wall. Even though on a year-over-year basis the CBP request would not represent a dramatic funding increase over current border spending levels  it would represent a long-term commitment to a physical structure that  Trump  would be able to claim as a political trophy.
" Trump  can have a shutdown fight over  his  stupid wall that pleases the nativists in  his  base  or  he  can have a breakthrough that pairs the Dream Act and border security so  he  can brag  he  did something Obama couldn't get done.  He  can't have both " said Frank Sharry  executive director of America's Voice  an immigrant advocacy group. "This move by the White House does not bode well."
 Trump  has said  he  may travel to San Diego to inspect the prototypes  which range in height from 18 to 30 feet and combine different formulations of see-through steel bars  concrete slabs and metal spikes.

SOLUTION:
Neutral