He first joined RFE/RL in 2010 as a Bishkek based freelance-journalist. In 2013, he started working for the Kyrgyz Service of the BBC in London. He rejoined RFE/RL at its Prague headquarters in 2016, where he currently works as a newscaster, TV/Radio host, and video producer. Kasymbekov graduated from the Communication Faculty at Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University in Bishkek. As a journalism student he contributed to several media outlets in Kyrgyzstan, including Kyrgyz National TV.