  An important dividing line in the class of unstable theories is being
NSOP$_1$, which is more general than being simple. In NSOP$_1$ theories forking
independence may not be as well-behaved as in stable or simple theories, so it
is replaced by another independence notion, called Kim-independence. We
generalise Kim-independence over models in NSOP$_1$ theories to positive logic
-- a proper generalisation of first-order logic where negation is not built in,
but can be added as desired. For example, an important application is that we
can add hyperimaginary sorts to a positive theory to get another positive
theory, preserving NSOP$_1$ and various other properties. We prove that, in a
thick positive NSOP$_1$ theory, Kim-independence over existentially closed
models has all the nice properties that it is known to have in a first-order
NSOP$_1$ theory. We also provide a Kim-Pillay style theorem, characterising
which thick positive theories are NSOP$_1$ by the existence of a certain
independence relation. Furthermore, this independence relation must then be the
same as Kim-independence. Thickness is the mild assumption that being an
indiscernible sequence is type-definable.
  In first-order logic Kim-independence is defined in terms of Morley sequences
in global invariant types. These may not exist in thick positive theories. We
solve this by working with Morley sequences in global Lascar-invariant types,
which do exist in thick positive theories. We also simplify certain tree
constructions that were used in the study of Kim-independence in first-order
theories. In particular, we only work with trees of finite height.
